A retrospective study of selected oral and maxillofacial fractures in a group of Jordanian children

Pediatric Maxillofacial Trauma Outcomes Based on a Survey of 65 Patients: A Prospective Study of Etiology, Incidence and Methods of Treatment

“…Many studies showed accidental falls to be the most common cause of maxillofacial injuries in children [5,6,12,13,14,15,20,22]. This corresponded to the findings of this study where accidental falls were responsible for 81.53 % of maxillofacial injuries.…”

“…Our study corroborated with these studies and mandibular fractures accounted for 50.61 % of facial fractures. Dentoalveolar fractures were found to account for 25.92 % of the cases in our study and were also frequent in other investigations [7,14].…”

“…Condylar fractures were the most common site of mandibular fractures in our series with 42.55 % of all mandibular fractures as reported by many authors [7,14,15]. The higher incidence of condylar fractures in children may be explained by the higher proportion of medullary bone with only a thin rim of cortex.…”

“…Etiology and incidence of maxillofacial injuries tend to vary from one country to another, perhaps because of the differences in social, cultural, and environmental factors [14]. Many studies showed accidental falls to be the most common cause of maxillofacial injuries in children [5,6,12,13,14,15,20,22].…”

“…The reason for lower rate of RTAs is the tough land terrains in the far flung areas of this hilly state with hardly any access to traffic. Some authors [2,14,15] have reported that mandibular fracture accounted for most common facial bone fracture encountered in children. Our study corroborated with these studies and mandibular fractures accounted for 50.61 % of facial fractures.…”