Changing trends with mandibular fractures: A review of 1,067 cases

Five-Year Analysis of Mandible Fracture and its Associated Factors

“…However, the most affected age group in our study was the 10 to 19 years age group. This finding was consistent with our previous study [12], but in contrast to others studies that had the peak age group of 20 to 29 years and above [1,[8][9][10][11][13][14][15][16][17]. Male patients were generally more active in outdoor and social activities.…”

“…Seven patients (3.2%) defaulted treatment after diagnosis. Total MVA 7 93 71 14 6 7 2 2 202 Fall 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 Sports 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Indurtrial injury 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 Intentional injury 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 Others 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 Total 8 101 76 15 9 9 2 2 222 Five [22] 2009 Condyle Motor vehicle accident (32%) Khaled Sakr et al [6] 2006 Angle Motor vehicle accident (39%) Rashid A. et al [11] 2013 Condyle Interpersonal violence P Dongas et al [17] 2002 Angle Assaults Kirk L. Fridrich et al [16] 1992 Angle Altercations Edward Ellis et al [8] 1985 Body Assaults Rashid A. et al [11] 2013 Condyle Interpersonal violence P Dongas et al [17] 2002 Angle Assaults Kirk L. Fridrich et al [16] 1992 Angle Altercations Edward Ellis et al [8] 1985 Body Assaults…”

A six-year retrospective study of maxillofacial fractures from radiographic findings in Brazil

“…In urban centers of developed countries [8][9][10]14,16,19,23 and developing countries 12,24 , violence was reported to be the most common cause of injury, as well as in another report 4 that studied a population of <18 years of age. In the present study, violence was evaluated as fighting and gunshot wounds (24.6%).…”

“…The patterns of maxillofacial fracture presentation are consistently influenced by geographic area, environment, gender, age, socioeconomic status of the patient, and the period of the investigation 1,2,4 . According to reports from developing countries, road accidents are the predominant cause of maxillofacial injuries 1,[5][6][7] , while data from developed countries suggest assaults as the most frequent etiology of such fractures 1,5,[8][9][10] . The coordinated and sequential collection of information concerning demographic patterns of maxillofacial injuries may assist healthcare providers to record details and data from facial traumas.…”

Pattern of Maxillofacial Injuries in University Hospital of Bhubaneswar: A Retrospective Study

“…The male: female ratio in maxillofacial fractures in the present study was 3.5:1 there are various other studies which showed higher incidence of maxillofacial fractures in male like Ellis E etal, Fridirch KL etal, Hussain K etal, Batianeh etal. [19][20][21][22] In our study we have evaluated the occupation of the injured in which the major accidents or the maxillofacial fractures occurred in the Class IV employees and the unemployed persons and even the business persons also had these type of injuries which showed that there is no correlation between the type of occupation and maxillofacial trauma.…”