title: [The clinical characteristics of mandibular fractures in middle-aged and elderly subjects].
abstract: The authors analyze case histories of 642 patients aged over 50 years with mandibular fractures, treated in 1988-1998 at Clinic for Maxillofacial Surgery of Russian State Medical University. Multiple fractures occurred in patients with mandibular adentia 1.5 times more often than in patients with teeth. The sites of fractures were different in patients with intact occlusion and in those without teeth. Contrary to the traditional opinion, the study showed a high incidence of open mandibular fractures in patients both with and without teeth. Inflammatory complications develop more often than in other age groups, which refers this category of patients to high risk group and requires improvement of methods for their treatment.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Pankratov
authors.forename: A Iu
authors.initials: AIu
authors.lastname: Melkumova
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D007576:Jaw, Edentulous, Partially / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology