Recruiting

Observational StudyBony Overlap Following Use of the Inferior Border Saw for the 'Low and Short' Sagittal Split: A Split-Mouth Study

Sponsor:

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Code:

NCT07104656

Conditions

Mandibular Surgery

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 12 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Inferior Osteotomy made by border saw

Inferior Osteotomy made with reciprocating saw

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to evaluate if use of an inferior border saw while making the inferior border osteotomy is associated with the medial cortex fracture pattern.

Conditions

Mandibular Surgery

Study ID

NCT07104656

Start date

Jan 7, 2026

Status verified date

Jul, 2026

Completion date

Feb, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Sep, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 12 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

patient's having mandible surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

Severe dentofacial deformity secondary to a syndromic diagnosis

Study Design

Enrollment

40 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

active comparator: Participants receiving right jaw surgery

Participants receiving inferior border saw on right jaw surgery

active comparator: Participants receiving left jaw surgery

Participants receiving inferior border saw on left jaw surgery

Interventions

Inferior Osteotomy made by border saw

Inferior border saw used to make the inferior border osteotomy

Inferior Osteotomy made with reciprocating saw

reciprocating saw used to make the inferior osteotomy

Primary outcome measure

Type Medial Cortex Fracture Pattern [ Time Frame: 5 weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Brian Kinard

205-934-4507 briankinard@uabmc.edu

Locations

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Recruiting

Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294

Contacts

Brian Kinard

205-934-4507 briankinard@uabmc.edu

Principal Investigator:

Brian Kinard

More Information

Sponsor

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Last update posted

Jul 23, 2026

Last verified

Jul, 2026

Keywords

Mandibular
osteotomy

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Alabama at Birmingham on 2026-07-23.