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Alveolar fractures - Treatment Guidelines

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Treatment

• Manual repositioning or repositioning using forceps of the displaced segment.
• Stabilize the segment with flexible splinting for 4 weeks

Patient instructions

• Soft food for 1 week
• Good healing following an injury to the teeth and oral tissues depends, in part, on good oral hygiene. Brushing with a soft brush and rinsing with chlorhexidine 0.1 % is beneficial to prevent accumulation of plaque and debris.

Follow-up

• Splint removal and clinical and radiographic control after 4 weeks.
• Clinical and radiographic control after 6-8 weeks, 4 months, 6 months, 1 year and yearly for 5 years