[Development of treatments and results of mandibular fractures from 1950 to 1978 at the University Center Hospital in Lyon].

Over the period extending from 1950 to 1978, the treatment of mandibular fractures at the CHU of Lyon followed a dual evolutionary course. On the one hand, fractures of the dental part of the bone were treated more and more often surgically via the endobuccal approach, by osteosynthesis using miniature screwed plates. On the other hand, fractures of the region of the condyle benefited from mechanotherapy according to professor Delaire's technique. These therapeutical trends have led to frank improvement in the outcome of these patients, both from the functional and esthetical points of view.