Korean J Oral Maxillofac Radiol.  2009 Jun;39(2):93-98.

Radiological study of the mandibular fractures

• Kim JW
• Koh KJ

Abstract

PURPOSE : To classify and evaluate mandibular fractures.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
: The author classified mandibular fractures of 284 patients who were referred to the Chonbuk National University Dental Hospital during the period from March 2004 to June 2007. This study was based on the conventional radiographs as well as computed tomographs which were pertained to the 284 patients who have had the mandibular fractures including the facial bone fractures. And mandibular fractures were classified with respect to gender, age, site and type of the fractures.
RESULTS
: More frequently affected gender with mandibular fracture was male with the ratio of 3.3 : 1. The most frequently affected age with mandibular fracture was third decade (38%), followed by fourth decade (16%), second decade (15%), fifth decade (11%), sixth decade (7%), seventh decade (5%), eighth decade (4%), first decade (4%), and ninth decade (0.3%). The most frequent type of mandibular fracture was single fracture (58%), followed by double fracture (39%), triple fracture (3%). The most common site of mandibular fracture was mandibular condyle as 113 cases (27.7%) and the next was mandibular symphysis as 109 cases (26.7%), mandibular angle as 103 cases (25.3%), mandibular body as 83 cases (20.3%) in order. The sum of fracture sites were 408 sites and there were 1.4 fracture sites per one patient. The number of mandible fractures accompanied with facial bone fractures were 41 cases (14.4%).
CONCLUSION
: The results showed the most frequent type and common site of mandibular fracture was single fracture and mandibular condyle respectively.

Keyword

Mandible; Fracture

MeSH Terms

Facial Bones
Humans
Male
Mandible
Mandibular Condyle
Mandibular Fractures