The investigated group comprises data of 43 patients who were examined between Jan.1, 1996 and Dec.31, 2000 treated and systematically followed up at the author s clinic on account of unilateral or bilateral fractures of the mandibular articular process. The authors assembled complete X-ray documentation and made check-up X-ray examinations corresponding to those made at the time of the injury. The basic demand was to visualize the fracture in two projections normal to each other. Special attention was focused on the rate and quality of remodelling processes. Fractures were classified according to the classification suggested by Lund in 1974, as due to its simplicity it fully meets the demands of clinical practice and at the same time makes retrospective classification according to previously taken X-rays in different projections possible.

        Key words: fracture of the mandibular articular process – X-ray examination – Lund’s classification – clinical articular process – remodelling procedures