Oral Health and Dental Management

A retrospective analysis of the patterns of facial fractures among trauma patients treated at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh Saudi ArabiaCollege

International Conference and Exhibition on Dentistry

March 18-20, 2015 Dubai, UAE

Ghadah AlJumah

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: Oral Health Dent Manag

Abstract:

Introduction: The maxillofacial fractures represent one of the most important health problems worldwide. The main causes of facial fractures are traffic accidents, assaults, falls, and sport-related injuries. Objective: To examine the patterns of maxillofacial fractures in trauma patients treated in King Abdulaziz Medical City, Saudi Arabia between 2010 and 2014. Methods: Data were obtained through a retrospective review of 350 patients admitted to the King Abdulaziz Medical City with a diagnosis of maxillofacial trauma in period (June 2010 ?May 2014). Patient Census form was filled for each patient by the reviewers who assessed the following data for each patient; gender, age, pattern, etiology, association with other fractures, mid facial fracture, mandibular fracture. Result: Motor vehicle accidents were the most common cause of maxillofacial fractures especially males. Injuries of maxillofacial complex were classified according to injury patterns into simple (50.86%, 79.77% male), compound (34.86%, 89.34% male), and comminuted (14.29%, 96% male). Almost two thirds of maxillofacial injuries (62.86%) were isolated fractures. Conclusion: The majority of affected patients were males. The most common etiology of facial fracture was caused by MVA. And most of the reported cases showed no association with multisystem trauma.