J Faryabi - Assistant Professor of Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Kerman, Iran

The main cause of decreased mouth opening in patients suffered from trauma is bony or fibrous ankylosis of temporomandibular joint, but other causes such as fibrous or bony union of zygoma and / or maxilla to the coronoid process of the mandible must be considered in preoperative management of such cases. Bony union of the mandible to the maxilla and zygoma is rare. In this report, one case, a victim of earthquake (Bam city, December ۲۰۰۲) with the diagnosis of traumatic maxillomandibular fusion and the performed therapeutic procedure are described.

Bony fusion, Zygomatico – maxillary complex fracture, Coronoid process fracture