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However, the concepts of which oral splints to use, timing of initiation, and duration of treatment have not gained a consensus. This article reviews approaches to oral splinting and an alternative intraoral approach using splints designed to provide a graded, low load, multidirectional, and prolonged stretch specifically in facial burn survivors including those with mature scars. Two participants participated in a trial using oral splints placed inside the mouth at established contracture points. Participants were requested to use the splints for 1 h twice daily. Participants were photographed weekly producing 9 facial expressions, and distance between 13 facial landmarks was measured to evaluate change in tissue length. Numerical changes observed from beginning to end of the trial indicate positive and negative alterations, signifying lengthening or shortening of tissue. Negative changes denote reduction in distance between endpoints, while positive changes signify an increase. Participants verbalized functional improvements in oral motor and psychosocial function posttreatment. To date, oral splints can be custom fabricated for each individual patient. However, few oral splints are created to provide multidirectional stretch focusing on problem areas across the mid and lower face. 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