Orofacial damage resulting from road accidents.
The objective of this paper was to study the epidemiological characteristics of orofacial damage resulting from road accidents among victims assessed in the Oporto delegation of the Legal Medicine Institute, in Portugal. It was also our goal to analyze in which way orofacial sequelae was reflected in the victims' complete social reintegration.
Caldas
Inês Morais
IM
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oporto, Porto, Portugal. inescaldas1@sapo.pt
Magalhães
Teresa
T
Afonso
Américo
A
Matos
Eduarda
E
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D008409:Mastication; D008446:Maxillofacial Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011174:Portugal / Q000453:epidemiology; D011788:Quality of Life; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000209:etiology