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(2) Methods: Data was collected from Queen\u2019s Medical Centre in Nottingham, a level I major trauma centre. BlueSpier was used to identify mandibular fracture patients operated on between January 2023 and January 2025. Digital health records were used to obtain patient demographics and postoperative outcomes. Primary outcome measures were postoperative infection and wound dehiscence. Secondary outcome measures were return to theatre and new numbness or paraesthesia. (3) Results: In this cohort, 138 patients underwent operative management for a mandibular fracture through an intraoral incision; 60 patients had a gingival margin incision and 78 patients had a buccal sulcus incision. No statistically significant difference was found between the gingival margin and buccal sulcus incision groups for the primary and secondary outcome measures. (4) Conclusions: Incision choice is dependent on mandibular fracture location and surgeon preference. Both incisions were used by most of the operating surgeons. This study was not designed as an equivalence or non-inferiority study. 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