Orbital Floor Reconstruction with Titanium Mesh for Middle Third Fracture

Olate, Sergio; Alister, Herdener Juan Pablo; Chaves Netto, de Miranda Henrique Duque; Jaimes, Miguel & Mazzonetto, Renato

Summary

Maxillofacial trauma is a challenge area for oral and maxilofacial surgeons. For orbital fracture, generally existing an osseous defect in some of orbital wall, determining the reconstruction necessity. Titanium mesh has important advantage for your manipulation and installation with easy adaptation in the selected place. Our objective was present a cases series with zygomatic complex fracture and with naso-orbito-ethmoidal fracture, when titanium mesh showing efficiency for the management of orbital reconstruction. KEY WORDS: orbital trauma, titanium mesh, maxillofacial trauma.

How to cite this article

OLATE, S.; ALISTER, H. J. P.; CHAVES NETTO, D. D. M. H.; JAIMES, M. & MAZZONETTO, R. Orbital floor reconstruction with titanium mesh for middle third fracture. Int. J. Odontostomat., 2(2):163-170, 2008.