title: Submental intubation in maxillofacial trauma patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To describe a modified technique for submental intubation in severely traumatized maxillofacial patients and to evaluate complications arising from the procedure.
  
  
  METHODS
  Submental intubation was performed in twelve patients with maxillofacial trauma ,from 2007-2012, which were operated under general anesthesia for treatment of facial fractures.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patients ranged in age from 14 to 39 years. No complications due to submental intubation, such as infection, hypertrophic scarring, lingual nerve injury, hematoma, bleeding, ranula formation, or orocutaneous fistula, were observed following submental intubation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Submental intubation is a very useful technique in the management of maxillofacial trauma patients, with a low complication rate.
authors.affiliation: Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases Research Center, Faculty of Dentistry, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Amin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rahpeyma
authors.forename: Saeedeh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khajeh Ahmadi
keywords: Intubation; Jaw fracture; Submental