Etiology of Fractures of the Maxillo-facial Skeleton

RESULTS Etiology of Maxillo-facial fractures The most common cause of maxillo-Facial fractures was motor vehicle accidents (Table I) which comprised lorries, motorcars and motorcycles accidents (71.9%). Frequency of fractures of the maxillo-facial bones due to falls (13.7%) and fights (9.1 %) were almost equal but far less often than motor vehicle accidents. The others were caused at work, sport, as a result of a pathological fracture and one patient was shot at. Injuries to the soft tissues and the dentition 'only. These were excluded from the study. The remaining two hundred and eighty-five patients were utilized in this study. Patients with isolated nasal and frontal bones fractures were not r-eferred to the Department of Oral Surgery. Those who died on admission from profused haemorrhage were also not included in this study.