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Study of the causes of facial fractures in a reference center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 2003–2012
Author(s) -
Farneze Renan de Barros,
Prosdocimo Maria Luiza,
Nogueira Ana Paula,
Cavalcante Maria Aparecida,
Hespanhol Wagner,
Teixeira Tais Fernandes,
Valdetaro Estela Maria Cesarino,
Gonçalves Lucio Souza,
Ferreira Dennis de Carvalho
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
dental traumatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.82
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1600-9657
pISSN - 1600-4469
DOI - 10.1111/edt.12286
Subject(s) - medicine , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , etiology , facial bone , dentistry , botany , psychiatry , biology , genus
Objective This study describes the facial fractures of patients at a reference center in oral and maxillofacial surgery of a Public University Hospital in the city of Rio de Janeiro, from January 2003 to December 2012. Methods The data were collected from medical records and included the fractured bones, etiology, gender, and age of the patients. A total of 202 cases were identified, and 159 were included in the study (129 men and 30 women). Results The mandible was the most commonly injured bone (90 cases, 73 men and 17 women) with a mean age of 33.7 years old (±15.2), and traffic accidents (75 cases) were shown to be the major cause. Conclusion In the city of Rio de Janeiro, young men in their fourth decade of life are prone to trauma to their facial bones, especially the mandible, and they are most commonly caused by traffic accidents.