title: [Character, frequency and localization of fractures in maxillofacial region, during the period 1991-2000].
abstract: A retrospective analysis was done of 1793 patients with fractures of maxillofacial region treated on the Department of Oral and Maxillofatial Surgery, Stomatological Faculty, Sofia, during a period 1991-2000. According to the results most patients was between 21-30 years; correlation between male and female patients as like 5,38 : 1. From ethiological point of view, on the first place was assault, follow from domestics, transports industrials, ports and agriculturals traums. The most frequent affected lower jaw, follow from zygoma complex, upper jaw and nasal bones. The most frequent localization of the fractures on a lower jaw was the region on the angle and on the upper jaw-by the lines of Le Fort II.
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authors.lastname: Khinkov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002031:Bulgaria / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000293:injuries*; D008446:Maxillofacial Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D009295:Nasal Bone / Q000293:injuries*; D009915:Orbit / Q000293:injuries*