A jaw fracture is the condition of broken bones in mandibular bones or facial bones (maxilla). It often requires immediate medical treatment. To determine if surgery is necessary a doctor will detect the location of the jaw fracture by x-ray or computed tomography. Meanwhile, treatment includes medications to relieve pain and swelling and antibiotics.
A jaw fracture is the condition of broken bones in the lower jaw (mandible, mandibular bones) or in the upper jaw (maxilla, facial bones).
The causes of a jaw fracture are mostly accidents such as car or motorcycle accidents, falling from a height or being attacked by people or injured by certain objects. A jaw fracture can happen either to the lower jaw (mandible, mandibular bones) and/or the upper jaw (maxilla, facial bones). When a person has a jaw fracture, pain on the face, numbness of the lips, difficulty in opening or closing the mouth, swelling and bruise in the affected areas is experienced. Often the teeth don’t fit together perfectly.
The treatment for a jaw fracture may be conservative or operative. If the jaw fracture is mild, then rest and avoiding using the injured part is important. This often includes a liquid diet. Medications such as pain relievers, anti-inflammatory drugs and antibiotics may also be used to reduce the symptoms and prevent an infection. Sometimes it may be necessary to temporarily fix the upper and lower jaw together with a splint until the fracture has healed. For severe cases, surgery is necessary to realign and repair the broken areas with metal plates and screws.
Several years of work in academia, medical practice and finally commercialization make it possible to provide an end-to-end process to help users to “find the appropriate medical help based on their present symptoms”. Below you will find a short explanation, showing you which part of the platform will help you best in finding the appropriate medical support.
Proceed as follows to enter your current symptoms.
Click on the appropriate body part on the picture. Select one/multiple symptoms corresponding to your complaint.
You can also add symptoms by typing your medical complaint in the search box and selecting the best matching suggestion.
Note: Your information will be kept anonymously.
Once you have selected all applicable symptoms, click the “analyze disease pattern”-button.
Accordingly, you will get a list of possible diseases and matching doctor categories who can further help you.
You can inform yourself about the possible diseases by reading the related information. But you can also return to the previous step and add more symptoms or delete already added ones to further narrow down your disease pattern.
Click on the desired doctor category to find a doctor who can help you.
If you are logged in with your profile, you will be displayed the appropriate doctors in your area. Otherwise you can enter an address in the “address” field and you will be displayed a doctor’s list around that specified address.
You will receive further information about the displayed doctors when you press on “details”.
Online bookable doctors in your area will be indicated with the notation “Book appointment” or “Book externally”, additionally they will be displayed on top of the list for your convenience.
Click on “Book appointment” to start the online appointment booking process with the desired doctor.
Please select an available appointment. “Green“ appointments are booked directly. “Red“ appointments need to be confirmed by the doctor.
Enter your general personal and health information.
Enter your present medical symptoms.
Enter your mobile phone number to identify yourself and you can finalize the appointment booking.
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