A clinical analysis of 83 cases with oral and maxillofacial trauma in the elderly
LIU Jian-wei
MA Peng-fei
Abstract：Objective:To investigate the method and effect of clinical treatment on oral and maxillofacial trauma in the elderly patients. Methods: A total of 83 patients with oral and maxillofacial trauma treated in the affiliated hospital of Chifeng Medical University from August, 2008 to August, 2013 were retrospectively reviewed. The patients were compared with a control group consisting of 90 young and adult patients admitted at the same period. Results:The ratio of male and female was 2.9:1. Road traffic accidents was the major cause of facial injury (49.39%).The mandible was the most frequently damaged. The most common associated trauma was craniocerebral injury(6cases). Significant effectiveness was observed in all cases with cure rate 100%. Recovery of facial morphology, masticatory function, mouth opening, occlusal relationship and bone healing was satisfactory. Conclusion:For saving life, emergency and immobilization should be set up in time, to achieve a satisfactory clinical effect.
Keywords：agingoral and maxillofacialtraumafractures
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 169-171,176 )