Maxillofacial trauma in Tamil Nadu children and adolescents: A retrospective study.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this retrospective study is to describe the incidence, aetiology, complexity and surgical indications of maxillofacial injuries in children and adolescents population of Tamil Nadu state of india during period of 4 years.


METHODS
A retrospective review was conducted among 500 children and adolescents patients of age group 6 years to 16 years suffered or suffering with maxillofacial and skull fractures presenting to ten Level I trauma centers over a 4 year period.The data collected for this study included age, gender, etiology, associated maxillofacial trauma, anatomic site of fracture and treatment.


CONCLUSIONS
In our study the most common cause of trauma was traffic 35%, followed by falls 24% and sports 22%. Mandible was commenest bone prone to fracture, followed by maxilla and nasal bone. Mandible fractures accounted for 72% of all maxillofacial fractures.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Vivekanandha Dental College, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India.
Ramraj Jayabalan
RJ
Arvind
Ramesh
R
Narendar
Palanisamy Dinesh
PD
Kumar
Sivasubramaniam
S
Venkataraman
Subramanium
S
Gokulanathan
Maxillofacial; paediatric injuries; trauma