Citation

Mwaniki DL, Guthua SW. Br. J. Oral Maxillofac. Surg. 1990; 28(3): 200-202.

Affiliation

Oral Health Research Programme, Medical Research Centre, Nairobi, Kenya.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2135662

Abstract

Analysis of 355 cases with fractures of the mandible indicated that 74.9% of the cases were due to interpersonal violence and 13.8% were caused by road traffic accidents. The men to women ratio was 8.4:1 and 75.5% of the fracture cases had single fractures while 24.5% had multiple fractures. In cases with a single fracture, the most commonly involved mandibular site was the body (42.2%). The angle of mandible was most frequently fractured (50.5%) in cases with multiple fractures.

Language: en