Minimally Invasive Dental Occlusion Ties

Completed

Conditions studied: Jaw Fractures, Jaw; Fracture, Upper Jaw, Mandibular Fractures, Maxilla Fracture, Jaw Fixation

In brief

Patients sustaining fractures of the upper (maxilla) and/or lower (mandible) jaw may be candidates for the minimally invasive technology evaluated in this study. Patients will be offered standard care including steel jaw wires or the polymer-based "zip tie"-like devices to be studied. Written consent with a full explanation of traditional "jaw wiring" techniques versus this experimental approach will be obtained from the patient. As mandible and maxilla fractures are typically treated under general anesthesia in the operating room, the devices will be applied to the patient's dentition while under general anesthetic. An exception to this will be minimally displaced or easily reduced fractures that can be treated by applying these devices in clinic under topical or local anesthetic. (Of note, wire-based techniques have been used for decades in a clinic-based application for such minimally or easily-reduced fractures.) The devices will allow stabilizing forces to the dental occlusion, achieving a similar function to temporary steel wire techniques ("arch bars"). This will allow the surgeon/principal investigator to treat the fractures with standard techniques such as applying titanium plates applied to the bone with titanium screws (known as "open reduction with internal fixation") or with sustained immobilization for 1-6 weeks (known as "closed reduction"). Note the devices are approved for 3 weeks duration. If treatment requires more than 3 weeks of immobilization, the devices will be removed and new devices re-applied. The experimental devices will be used solely as a replacement for wire-based techniques to achieve an immobile, stable jaw. If for any reason the required forces needed for jaw fracture stabilization are deemed inadequate with the experimental devices, standard steel wire techniques will be employed.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT04985461
Run by
Altru Health System
People needed
10
Starts
2017-06-30
Expected to finish
2020-03-12
Last updated by the study team
2021-08-02

Who can join

Age: 12 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

You may not qualify if…

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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