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Upper jaw fractures in children
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Last reviewed: 07.07.2025
In children, fractures of the upper jaw along the Le Fort II and Le Fort III lines are more common, usually combined with traumatic brain injury (damage to the base of the skull, less often - concussion), damage to the nasal and zygomatic bones, and lower jaw.
In most cases, such injuries occur as a result of being hit by a vehicle, falling from a tree or roof.
In children, fractures of the upper jaw are more often subbasal and impacted.
[ Treatment of fracture of the upper jaw in children
To treat fractures of the upper jaw, they use plastic laboratory individual splints with extraoral rods-"whiskers". It is also necessary to conduct antibiotic therapy to prevent suppuration of damaged dental follicles and subsequent cicatricial contraction, which can delay the development of the jaw.