@article{ref1,
title="Changing trends in causes and patterns of facial fractures in children",
journal="Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics",
year="2009",
author="Thorén, H. and Iso-Kungas, Petri and Iizuka, T. and Lindqvist, C. and Törnwall, J.",
volume="107",
number="3",
pages="318-324",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To review the epidemiology of facial fractures in children and to analyze whether it has changed over time. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective review of records of children aged </=15 years diagnosed for fracture during 2 10-year periods. RESULTS: A total of 378 children were diagnosed with fractures, 187 in 1980-1989 and 191 in 1993-2002. The proportion of children with mandibular fractures decreased by 13.6 percentage-points from the first period to the second, whereas the proportion of patients with midfacial fractures increased by 18.7 percentage-points. Assault as a causative factor increased by 5.5 percentage-points, almost exclusively among children aged 13-15 years, with a high percentage (23.5%). CONCLUSIONS: Recognition of a change in fracture patterns over time is probably due to the increased use of computerized tomographic scanning.   <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1079-2104",
doi="10.1016/j.tripleo.2008.09.024",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tripleo.2008.09.024"
}