Bioresorbable versus titanium plates for mandibular fractures.

Abstract To compare bioresorbable plates with titanium plates for treatment of mandibular fractures. Randomized controlled trial. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry, Rawalpindi, from January to December 2010. Patients with mandibular fracture were randomly divided in to two groups. The control group received titanium plates while the experimental group received the bioresorbable plates. All the procedures were carried out under general anaesthesia using standard surgical techniques. Frequency of plate/screw breakage or loosening, development of infection, malocclusion, malunion, wound dehiscence, the need for hardware removal and any other technical difficulties were compared between the two groups using chi-square test with significance at p