SVOA Dentistry

Supratarsal Approach - An Aesthetic Option for the Surgical Treatment of Displaced Zygomatic Fractures: A Case Study

Giovanna Rosetti Minotti¹, Eliseu Gabriel Faustino¹, Denis Zangrando², Ilan Hudson Gomes de Santana³, Irineu Gregnanin Pedron⁴, Fernando Kendi Horikawa⁵, Elio Hitoshi Shinohara^6*

¹DDS, Resident. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Regional de Osasco (SUS/SP), Brazil.

²DDS, MDS. Assistant Surgeon, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Regional de Osasco (SUS/SP). OMF Residency Program and ColosSUS Bucal, Osasco, Brazil.

³Undergraduation Student, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil.

⁴DDS, MDS. Professor, Department of Periodontics and Oral Surgery, School of Dentistry, Centro Universitário Braz Cubas, Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil.

⁵DDS, MDS, PhD. Head. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Regional de Osasco (SUS/SP). OMF Residency Program and ColosSUS Bucal, Osasco, Brazil.

⁶DDS, PhD. Assistant Surgeon, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Regional de Osasco (SUS/SP). OMF Residency Program and ColosSUS Bucal, Osasco, Brazil.

*Corresponding Author: Elio Hitoshi Shinohara, Assistant Surgeon, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Regional de Osasco (SUS/ SP). OMF Residency Program and ColosSUS Bucal, Osasco, Brazil.

https://doi.org/10.58624/SVOADE.2026.07.014

Received: March 28, 2026

Published: April 13, 2026

Citation: Minotti GR, Faustino EG, Zangrando D, Santana IHG, Pedron IG, Horikawa FK, Shinohara EH. Supratarsal Approach - An Aesthetic Option for the Surgical Treatment of Displaced Zygomatic Fractures: A Case Study. SVOA Dentistry 2026, 7:2, 102-105. doi: 10.58624/SVOADE.2026.07.014

Abstract

Fractures of the zygomatic bone are frequently encountered in the practice of maxillofacial surgery and traumatology. The treatment of choice is surgical, involving three-dimensional repositioning to stabilise the zygomatic bone and its adjacent bones (frontal, maxillary, sphenoid and temporal bones). The purpose of this article is to present the supratarsal approach, which provides exposure of the frontozygomatic suture, allowing verification of three-dimensional positioning and producing excellent postoperative aesthetic results.

Keywords: Zygoma; Fracture Fixation; Traumatology; Oral Surgery.