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

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Mandibular Surgery

Treatments: Procedure: Inferior Osteotomy made with reciprocating saw; Procedure: Inferior Osteotomy made by border saw

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07104656

IRB-300014869

UAB (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patient's having mandible surgery

Exclusion criteria

• Severe dentofacial deformity secondary to a syndromic diagnosis

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Participants receiving right jaw surgery

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants receiving inferior border saw on right jaw surgery

Treatment:

Procedure: Inferior Osteotomy made by border saw

Procedure: Inferior Osteotomy made with reciprocating saw

Participants receiving left jaw surgery

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants receiving inferior border saw on left jaw surgery

Treatment:

Procedure: Inferior Osteotomy made by border saw

Procedure: Inferior Osteotomy made with reciprocating saw