Fixation of Fractures at Anterior Transition Zone Using Three Different Miniplates Configurations

A total of 36 patients (they were divided into three groups 16 patients in each group ) with parasymphyseal-body fractures , one group was treated with twin-fork miniplate , the second group was treated using 3d interlocking miniplate and the third one was treated with conventional two miniplates. Postoperative evaluation of the mental nerve was conducted using both subjective and objective methods at intervals of 24 hours, and at 1, 4, 6 and 12 weeks. Furthermore, an electrophysiological study was performed at 6 weeks postoperatively to measure the mental nerve's amplitude, onset latency and conduction velocity