REHABILITATION IN MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY AND DENTISTRY AFTER FRACTURE OF THE MANDIBLE

Abstract

Fractures of the mandible are very common injuries, so modern authors are widely developing the latest approaches to surgical treatment of these types of injuries, as well as approaches to postoperative recovery of patients. Physical rehabilitation and therapy of persons after surgical treatment of mandibular fractures is of paramount importance in the process of recovery of patients, as it helps to restore lost functions and promotes the fastest recovery. In order to restore the process, special individual rehabilitation programs are developed, which depend on the nature of the injury, the patient’s condition and the methods used in the treatment process. In recent years, there has been a tendency to increase the number of patients with fractures of the facial skeleton, and to complicate the nature of injuries due to a combination of injuries to the face and other parts of the body as a result of transport, street, occupational, sports and domestic injuries. The article investigates approaches to the treatment and rehabilitation of patients after mandibular fracture. In particular, the features and types of mandibular fractures in maxillofacial surgery and dentistry are noted, the causes of their occurrence, methods of diagnosis and treatment are considered. It is noted that a very important stage of treatment and recovery of the body after fractures of the mandible is the physical rehabilitation of patients. Physical rehabilitation programs are developed individually depending on the nature of the fracture, and the characteristics of the patient’s body, usually the physical rehabilitation program includes exercise therapy, massage, mechano- and physiotherapy. It is noted that a professionally developed individual rehabilitation program has a positive effect on the patient’s condition and accelerates the process of recovery and recovery, so the issues explored in the article are relevant.