A two-year survey of facial bone fractures in patients referred to Mobasher Medical Center of Hamedan

• Main Author: MH. Ansari
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 1998-05-01
• Series: Journal of Dental Medicine
• Online Access: http://jdm.tums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-25-582&slc_lang=en&sid=1

  This survey is aimed to retrospectively analyze the frequency rate of facial bone fractures based on sex, age, location, quality, risk factors and complications in order to assist medical practitioners and surgeons in improving educational and therapeutical plans and developing novel tools and methods. For this purpose, 274 patients with facial bone fractures were recruited through a two-year survey ( 1375-1376). The results revealed that car accidents ( 48.9%), fall from heights (27%) and street fights ( 20.4%) were the most important reasons leading to facial bone fractures. Among the study group, Men to women ratio was 3.3 to 1 and the average age was 25.8 years. 52.9% of fractures (most fractures) were happened in mandibular bone and the least prevalent fractures were reported in nasal bone ( 6.5%). The most critical pre or post-treatment complications associated with facial bone fractures were death (1%) and blindness (1%).