Fig 1 Treatment of mandibular fracture. (Top left) A fracture in the left mandibular angle with one tooth in the line of fracture, but attached to the short posterior fragment. This tooth was extracted leaving a short edentulous posterior fragment for control. (Top right) Acrylic bite block on the upper jaw, cast metal cap splint on the lower, with extra-oral bars and pins in position on the posterior fragment. (Lower left) Arrangement of plaster head cap, extral-oral bars and Roger Anderson pins. (Lower right) Position of fragments with splinting
(See pages 362, 374)