TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Study of the causes of facial fractures in a reference center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 2003-2012
JO  - Dental traumatology
A1  - Farneze, Renan de Barros
A1  - Prosdocimo, Maria Luiza
A1  - Nogueira, Ana Paula
A1  - Cavalcante, Maria Aparecida
A1  - Hespanhol, Wagner
A1  - Teixeira, Tais Fernandes
A1  - Valdetaro, Estela Maria Cesarino
A1  - Gonçalves, Lucio Souza
A1  - Ferreira, Dennis de Carvalho
SP  - 507
EP  - 509
VL  - 32
IS  - 6
N2  - OBJECTIVE: This study describes the facial fractures of patients at a reference center in oral and maxillofacial surgery of a Public University Hospital in the city of Rio de Janeiro, from January 2003 to December 2012. <br><br>METHODS: The data were collected from medical records and included the fractured bones, etiology, gender, and age of the patients. A total of 202 cases were identified, and 159 were included in the study (129 men and 30 women). <br><br>RESULTS: The mandible was the most commonly injured bone (90 cases, 73 men and 17 women) with a mean age of 33.7 years old (±15.2), and traffic accidents (75 cases) were shown to be the major cause. <br><br>CONCLUSION: In the city of Rio de Janeiro, young men in their fourth decade of life are prone to trauma to their facial bones, especially the mandible, and they are most commonly caused by traffic accidents.<br><br>© 2016 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1600-4469
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/edt.12286
ID  - ref1
ER  -