J Korean Assoc Maxillofac Plast Reconstr Surg.  2009 Nov;31(6):519-525.

A Clinical Study of Mandible Fracture for 10 Years at Chuncheon City

Affiliations
  • 1School of Military Medicine, Korea.
  • 2Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital,College of Medicine, Hallym University,Seoul, Korea.
  • 32nd Armor Brigade, Korea.
  • 4Graduate student of Hallym University, Korea.
  • 5Department of Oral&Maxillofacial Surgery, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea. junpark@hanafos.com

Abstract

The population were increased by industrialization and urbanization of the modern society and social activities of the person were rapid increased too. Subsequently the number of motor vehicle accident, sports accident and industrial accident were increased, resulting in the number of oral and maxillofacial trauma were increased. Because of the mandible relatively protruded among the facial bone, the most frequent associated oral and maxillofacial injuries was mandible fracture in the trauma center setting. A clinical study on 411 patients with mandibular fracture who visited in Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Chun-chon Sacred Heart Hospital during 10 years(1997-2006) was done by analysing sex, age, mode, fracture site and treatment method

Keyword

Mandible fracture; Analyse

MeSH Terms

Accidents, Occupational
Facial Bones
Heart
Humans
Mandible
Mandibular Fractures
Maxillofacial Injuries
Motor Vehicles
Sports
Surgery, Oral
Trauma Centers
Urbanization
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