All approaches

$The transoral approach is the usual access for simple fractures of the body, symphysis, and angle regions.$

approach to the le fort i level of the midface in cleft lip and palate patients

Vestibular incision

Safe zones

Final exposure

Initial laceration

submental approach

submandibular approach

The illustration demonstrates the access and the amount of exposure

The main anatomic structures in this approach are the main trunk and branches of the facial nerve and the retromandibular vein

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