Abstract

Mandibular fractures are common in dogs accounting to six per cent of all the fracture cases in dogs. A four-year-old male non-descript dog was presented with bleeding from mouth following firecracker explosion in mouth. Clinical examination of the oral cavity revealed unilateral compound fracture of horizontal rami of right mandible along with tongue lacerations on both dorsal and ventral aspect of tongue. This paper reports successful correction of mandible fracture using inter-fragmentary wiring, reconstruction and management of tongue laceration.

Keywords : Mandibular fracture, Inter-fragmentary wiring, tongue laceration