J Korean Assoc Maxillofac Plast Reconstr Surg.  1997 May;19(2):181-189.

A clinical study on mandibular fracture

• Jang HS
• You JY
• Kim YK
• Yang BE

Abstract

The mandible plays a crucial role in the vital human functions of breathing, eating, and speaking. No other bone in the body has such a distinctive shape and function. Because of its prominence in the facial structure, the mandible is highly prone to fracture. A clinical study on 122 patients with mandibular fracture who visited Kangnam General Hospital during 4 years(1992-1995) was done by analysing sex, age, cause, fracture site, teeth involvement, treatment method, complication and involement of other body part. The results obtained were as follows : 1. The occurrence was more frequent in male than in female with the ratio of 5.4:1 and most frequently in twenties. 2. Violence was the most common cause of facial mandibular fracture. 3. In mandibular fracture. fracture site was average 1.5 sites, most frequently in symphysis and simple fracture was 86.1% 4. As treatment methods, open reduction(78.6%) was used more frequently than closed reduction(21.4%) 5. Post-operational complication occurred in 27.0% of the cases. 6. Other injuries that were related to maxillofacial fracture occurred in 25.4%.

MeSH Terms

Eating
Female
Hospitals, General
Humans
Male
Mandible
Mandibular Fractures*
Respiration
Tooth
Violence