Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Volume 14 Issue 1_2
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- Pages.89-96
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- 1992
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- 2288-8101(pISSN)
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- 2288-8586(eISSN)
Clinical Study of facial bone fracture
악안면 골절에 관한 임상적 고찰
- Lee, Ju Whoan (Department of Dentistry, Koryo General Hospital) ;
- Ro, Hong Sup (Department of Dentistry, Koryo General Hospital)
- Published : 1992.03.31
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the fractures of facial skeleton ; mandible, maxilla, zygoma Clinically, we observed 413 patients with facial bone fractures treated at the department of dentistry, Koryo General Hospital from Jan. l989 to Dec. I991. This results ere as follows : 1. The most common fracture was occured in the mandible (63.7%) and the symphysis was occured most freguently(30.4%) 2. The most prevalent age was twenties(37.5%) 3. Main causes was traffic accident(21.7% ) 4. The ratio of male to female was about 9.3 : 1 5. Most combined injuries was head injuries. (54.6%) 6. The most frequent job was a company employee. 7. There were the highest frequency in March, and the lowest frequency in February.
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