Title

Comparison between open and closed reduction techniques for mandibular fractures: A systematic review

Authors

Krishna Prasad Biswas¹, Divashree Sharma², Monica Chaurasia³, Neelam Shakya⁴, Vidhya Balke⁵, Alisha Alam^6,* & Rashmi Laddha⁷

Affiliation

¹Department of Dentistry (Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics), AIIMS, Guwahati, Assam, India; ²Department of Dentistry , Government Medical College, Satna, Madhya Pradesh, India; ³Department of Dentistry, Government Medical College, Satna, Madhya Pradesh, India; ⁴Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Government Dental College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh; India, ⁵Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Government Dental College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India, ⁶Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Jaipur Dental College, Rajasthan, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Krishna Prasad Biswas - E-mail: articlesendokrish@gmail.com
Divashree Sharma - E-mail: divashri.19.sharma@gmail.com
Monica Chaurasia - E-mail: mchaurasia943@gmail.com
Neelam Shakya - E-mail: dr.neelam2009@gmail.com
Vidhya Balke - E-mail: drvidhyabalke@gmail.com
Alisha Alam - E-mail: alishaalam843@gmail.com
Rashmi Laddha - E-mail: drrashmirdaga@gmail.com

Article Type

Review

Date

Received October 1, 2025; Revised October 31, 2025; Accepted October 31, 2025, Published October 31, 2025

Abstract

The ideal management of mandibular fractures is still controversial and both closed reduction and open reduction procedures are practiced extensively. The objective of this systematic review was to compare and assess the functional outcome, complication rate, esthetic outcome and patient satisfaction in both forms of treatment. Exhaustive searching of various databases was done to select studies that compared open with closed reduction directly for treating mandibular fractures. The evidence supports that open reduction is superior in early functional recovery, reduced immobilization and improved aesthetics, while closed reduction has advantages of more prolonged treatment but less severe surgical complications. Both are nonetheless effective in gaining successful fracture healing if properly chosen according to the clinical condition of patients.

Keywords

Mandibular fractures, condylar fractures, open reduction, closed reduction, Internal Fixation, and functional outcomes

Citation

Biswas et al. Bioinformation 21(10): 3451-3455 (2025)

Edited by

A Prashanth

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.