Arch Bars vs. IMF (Intermaxillary Fixation) Screws: Cost Effectiveness Based on Time Duration of Device Placement.

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged 18-70 * Patients with no greater than one (1) open fracture of the tooth-bearing mandible * Mandibular angle fractures ± Ramus or subcondylar fracture * Body/symphysis ± subcondylar * Isolated angle fracture * Isolate subcondylar fractures * Bilateral subcondylar fractures * Any condylar head/neck fracture requiring treatment * Patients who are candidates for treatment of their fractures in the operating room setting Exclusion Criteria: * Patients younger than 18 or older than 70 * Patients with developing tooth buds anterior to the second molars * Patients with inadequate stability of occlusion * Edentulism * Unstable vertical and horizontal stops to the occlusion * Patients with disorders affecting bone healing, metabolism and turnover * Those patients on bisphosphonates, oral or IV * Patients with evidence of intrabony pathology of the mandible or maxilla * The presence of any of the following: * Greater than one (1) open fracture of the tooth-bearing mandible * Bilateral angle fractures are exempt from this * Comminuted fractures of the mandible * Concomitant infection, or osteomyelitis of the mandible * Mechanism of injury * Pathologic fracture * Gun-shot wounds