A four year retrospective study of 1,062 patients presenting with maxillofacial emergencies at a specialist paediatric hospital

Pediatric Maxillofacial Trauma Outcomes Based on a Survey of 65 Patients: A Prospective Study of Etiology, Incidence and Methods of Treatment

“…Many studies showed accidental falls to be the most common cause of maxillofacial injuries in children [5,6,12,13,14,15,20,22]. This corresponded to the findings of this study where accidental falls were responsible for 81.53 % of maxillofacial injuries.…”

Perfil dos Pacientes com Fraturas Maxilo-Faciais Atendidos em um Hospital de Emergência e Trauma, João Pessoa, PB, Brasil

“…Portanto, uma legislação para aumentar a idade para liberação de consumo alcoólico, rigoroso controle e punição para motoristas embriagados e um maior alerta social das morbidades relacionadas ao álcool podem ajudar a reduzir quaisquer traumas decorrentes de seu uso 1 . Nesta pesquisa, as fraturas nasais foram as mais encontradas, estando, por conseguinte, em concordância com outros autores 5,14,21 . Tal fato se deve à posição proeminente do nariz, bem como as estruturas delgadas dos ossos que o consti tuem [22][23][24] .…”

Distribution of Some Risk Factors Related to Soft Tissue Injuries in Dentoalveolar Traumas

“…As reported in the literature, children aged 1-4 years are most susceptible (among all ages) to accidents and have the highest number of soft tissue injuries (3,6,12,14,16,18). Studies have also reported that younger children who have a higher cranial vs. facial skeletal size, softer and more elastic bones, and protective thick soft tissues are more likely to be exposed to minor injuries, such as soft tissue injuries, whereas older children tend to be more susceptible to serious injuries (6,17,19). Vuletić et al (20), found that soft tissue injuries peaked among preschool children aged two years (18).…”

“…In studies of soft tissue injuries in maxillofacial and dento-alveolar trauma patients, lacerations accounted for 37.5-83.4%, contusions accounted for 8.4-32.8%, and abrasions accounted for 1.6-29.7% (4,6,13,15,23,25). Similarly, the frequency of lacerations in our study of soft tissue injuries was 43.3%, whereas the frequency of mixed injuries, contusions, and abrasions was 30%, 18.9%, and 7.8%, respectively.…”

“…There is limited research on the relationship between soft tissue injuries and dento-alveolar traumas (3,6). Although soft tissue injuries in children decrease with age, Osunde et al (3), found out that this was not the case in dento-alveolar injuries (3).…”