Bony Overlap Following Use of the Inferior Border Saw for the 'Low and Short' Sagittal Split: A Split-Mouth Study

ConditionMandibular Surgery

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age12-75

SponsorUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham

About this trial

The purpose of this study is to evaluate if use of an inferior border saw while making the inferior border osteotomy is associated with the medial cortex fracture pattern.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

patient's having mandible surgery

Disqualifiers

Severe dentofacial deformity secondary to a syndromic diagnosis

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

Inferior Osteotomy made by border saw
Procedure/Surgery
Inferior border saw used to make the inferior border osteotomy
Inferior Osteotomy made with reciprocating saw
Procedure/Surgery
reciprocating saw used to make the inferior osteotomy

Treatment groups

40 Participants

are divided into 2 treatment groups

Group A: Participants receiving right jaw surgeryActive comparator 2 interventions

Group B: Participants receiving left jaw surgeryActive comparator 2 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

Type Medial Cortex Fracture Pattern

CT scan comparison of the lingual cortex of the mandible to evaluate the fracture pattern. Classified into 4 fracture patterns (Using the Lingual Split Scale.) On a scale of LSS1 vertical Fracture, LSS2 Horizontal Fracture, LSS3 Fracture along the mandibular canal, LSS4 unfavorable fracture. Where 1, 2, and 3 are favorable and 4 is unfavorable.

Time frame

5 weeks

Sponsors and contacts

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University of Alabama at Birmingham

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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