Received 27.03.2025

DOI: 10.35556/idr-2025-3(112)8-11

Modern methods of diagnostics and examination of high condylar process fractures of the mandible in children
Zaharova E.S.1, Semyonov M.G.2, Emirbekov E.A.1
1 St. Petersburg Children’s municipal multi-specialty
clinical center of high medical technology named after K.A. Rauhfus
191036, Russia, Saint-Petersburg, Ligovsky Ave., 8
2 North-western State Medical University named after I.I.Mechnikov
191015, Russia, Saint-Petersburg, Kirochnaya St., 41

Summary
The study analyzed diagnostic algorithms used in modern approaches to examination and diagnosis of children aged 5–7 years with high condylar fractures of the mandible, as well as the observed characteristic symptoms.
Are given three clinical cases of high condylar process fractures in children aged 5 to 7 years were analyzed in order to evaluate the effectiveness of various visualization methods and the applicability of the international classification of these injuries in clinical practice. Demonstrated the decisive role of computed tomography in the diagnosis of intra-articular fractures in children.

Keywords: high condylar fractures, intra-articular fractures of the mandible, maxillofacial trauma in children, computed tomography, classification of intra-articular fractures.

For citation: Zaharova E.S., Semyonov M.G., Emirbekov E.A. Modern methods of diagnostics and examination of high condylar process fractures of the mandible in children. Stomatology for All / Int. Dental Review. 2025; no. 3 (112): 8–11 (in Russian). doi: 10.35556/idr-2025-3(112)8-11

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