Use of a mandibular fracture score to predict the development of complications

Maxillofacial Injury Severity Score: proposal of a new scoring system

“…Although ISS was modified (NISS 17 ) to become the sum of the squares of the AIS scores of each patients' three most severe injuries regardless of body region, it still appeared sluggish in evaluating the severity of maxillofacial multiple injuries for lower score indices. Some authors 14 have made attempts to revise the trauma severity score by raising the score value and/or increasing the parameter index of local, anatomical injured sites, but the factor of functional impairment has been neglected.…”

A comprehensive classification of mandibular fractures: a preliminary agreement validation study

“…A separate classification system for soft tissue injuries, based on inspection and clinical examination would be useful in daily practice, including functional and injury severity score grading 20,28 . A combination of mandibular fractures and soft tissue injuries has been considered for calculating a specific mandibular scoring index 9 .…”

“…Several classification systems have been proposed to define condylar head and condylar process, angle, mandibular body, alveolar process and mandibular fractures as a whole 4,[7][8][9][11][12][13][14][15][20][21][22][23] . None of these classifications follows a commonly accepted systematic scheme and none has been thoroughly validated 1,2 .…”

Facial injuries in Iranian veterans during the Iraq–Iran war (1980–88): differences from recent conflicts

“…The higher the score, the more severe the fracture. 6 The facial injury severity score includes facial laceration and injury to the upper, lower, and midface. The minimum score is 0, the maximum is influenced by the total number of fractures, and the maximum reported by Bagheri et al was 13.…”