TY - JOUR ID - 4593 TI - Apical Force Application in the Management of Dentoalveolar Fractures: Indications, Procedure and Limitations JO - Journal of Dental Materials and Techniques JA - JDMT LA - en SN - 2322-4150 AU - Rahpeyma, Amin AU - Khajehahmadi, Saeedeh AD - Associate Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases Research Center, School of Dentistry, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. AD - Assistant Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Dental Research Center, School of Dentistry, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. Y1 - 2015 PY - 2015 VL - 4 IS - 3 SP - 115 EP - 116 KW - Key words: Apical force application KW - Dentoalveolar fracture KW - Circummandibular wiring DO - 10.22038/jdmt.2015.4593 N2 - Dentoalveolar fracture is defined as a fracture in the bone surrounding the teeth without any extension to the basal bones of the maxilla or mandible (1). As for other parts of the facial skeleton, the treatment strategy for dentoalveolar fractures consists of fracture reduction, fixation and immobilization (2); however, some dentoalveolar fractures are difficult to treat. In some dentoalveolar fracture cases, even after proper fracture reduction, the incisal edges of the teeth in the fractured segment remain slightly above the occlusal plan. Apical force will resolve the problem by leveling the incisal edges.     UR - https://jdmt.mums.ac.ir/article_4593.html L1 - https://jdmt.mums.ac.ir/article_4593_7b8faaaa989713e052b8a82bdb7e477e.pdf ER -