Craniofacial Fracture Clinical Trial
Official title:
Pediatric Facial Fracture Growth and Development Study
The goal of this study is to establish a prospective, long-term, comprehensive growth and development study of the pediatric craniofacial skeleton following fracture, whose recruitment is ongoing.
This is a prospective, long-term, comprehensive growth and development study of the pediatric
craniofacial skeleton following fracture.
This study will encompass two specific aims:
1. To compare the growth and development of the pediatric craniofacial skeleton after
fracture to publish standardized means of dentofacial growth in the Bolton-Brush Growth
Study. Patients will be matched according to age, gender, and ethnicity. The status of
dental eruption will be recorded as well as the vertical and anteroposterior
classification of occlusion. The effect of trauma on the eruption and vitality of
permanent teeth will be recorded. We will further assess the popularly held theories of
craniofacial growth and effects of injury to various facial growth sites (i.e.
mandibular condyles, nasal septum).
2. Attempt to evaluate the effects of various treatment modalities of facial fracture on
skeletal growth and development (i.e. open reduction and internal fixation versus closed
reduction and external fixation), (open reduction and internal fixation with metallic
vs. absorbable fixation). We will evaluate the effect of metallic internal fixation on
subsequent craniofacial skeletal growth and development, as well as the routine needed
for its removal.
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