Open AccessA retrospective study of patients with mandibular fractures treated at a Swedish University Hospital 1999-2008
Author(s) -
Anwar Ramadhan,
Petter Gavelin,
JanMichaél Hirsch,
Lars Sand
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
annals of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 2231-0746
DOI - 10.4103/2231-0746.147119
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , retrospective cohort study , condyle , incidence (geometry) , mandibular fracture , oral and maxillofacial surgery , dentistry , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , surgery , physics , botany , optics , biology , genus
Fracture of the mandible is one of the most common fractures of the maxillofacial skeleton. However, the etiology, gender, and age distribution vary between different regions and countries, and the purpose of this study was to evaluate the current trend of patients with mandibular fractures at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, in Uppsala, Sweden.