Table 3.
Treatments Useful for Chronic protracted dislocation
| Conservative Treatment of Chronic protracted dislocation | No. of patients |
|---|---|
| Manual reduction without anaesthesia | 0 |
| Manual reduction with Local Anaesthesia (L.A)+ sedation | 1 |
| Manual reduction with L.A +sedation + nerve block | 1 |
| Manual reduction with General Anaesthesia (GA) | 13 |
| Assisted (open) reduction with General Anaesthesia | 1 |
| Elastic traction with Intermaxillary fixation | 1 |
| Traction with bone hook | 1 |
| Mandibular guidance therapy | 1 |
| To reposition condyle in fossa (There was much restriction of movement) | |
| Temporalis Myotomy | 4 |
| High Condylotomy | ? |
| To correct fusion and restore the joint (There was complete restriction of movement) | |
| Low Condylotomy | ? |
| Condylectomy (for chronic lateral dislocation) | 2 |
| Gap Arthroplasty (for superior dislocation) | 8 |
| To maintain new joint and correct occlusion (There was little restriction of movement) | |
| Horizontal subsigmoid osteotomy | ? |
| Vertical/Oblique Osteotomy | 9 |
| Inverted L Shaped Osteotomy | 1 |
| Bilateral Sagittal Split Osteotomy | 1 |
| Midline Mandibulotomy | 1 |