Departments: Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Trauma: Wiring & Arch Bar

Maxillomandibular fixation (MMF) is important in the treatment of maxillofacial fractures and in orthognathic surgery, and is usually applied by wiring together the fixed upper and lower arch bars. Many kinds of MMF methods, including an Ivy loop wiring, a wired arch bar, an acrylated arch bar, the Gottingen quick arch bar, a bonded arch bar, Dimac wire, thermoforming plates and a bone screw system, have been used