nasomandibular fixation


na·so·man·dib·u·lar fix·a·tion

mandibular immobilization, especially for edentulous jaws, with maxillomandibular splints, attached by connecting a circummandibular wire with an intraoral interosseous wire passed through a hole drilled into the anterior nasal spine of the maxillae.

na·so·man·dib·u·lar fix·a·tion

(nāzō-man-dibyū-lăr fik-sāshŭn) Mandibular immobilization, especially for edentulous jaws, with maxillomandibular splints, attached by connecting a circummandibular wire with an intraoral interosseous wire passed through a hole drilled into anterior nasal spine of maxillae.