Effect of titanium versus conventional mini-plate for mandibular angle fractures treatment.

Both titanium and stainless-steel mini plates were compared for their impact on clinical results after treating 30 patients with fractures at the mandibular angle. People in Group A (with titanium) experienced less pain (VAS), recovered faster from swelling and had a regained higher bite force (320 N) in 3 months compared to Group B (patients in Z-shaped bony plates). Only one case of infection and hardware loosening developed in Group B. Furthermore, bone healing was faster in Group A (in 6.2 weeks) than in Group B (in 7.1 weeks). Thus, titanium mini plates showed the best results.