A CLINICAL AND STATISTICAL STUDY OF CONDYLAR FRACTURE OF MANDIBLE.
- Author:
Sang Chull LEE
1
;
Yeo Gab KIM
;
Dong Mok RYU
;
Baek Soo LEE
;
Ok Byung YOON
;
Teak Hyun JIN
Author Information
1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Kyung-Hee University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Female;
Head;
Humans;
Incidence;
Male;
Mandible*;
Mandibular Condyle;
Mandibular Fractures;
Retrospective Studies;
Sex Distribution;
Statistics as Topic*
- From:Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
1998;24(3):326-329
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
This is a retrospective study on condylar fracture of mandible. The stucy based on a series of 112 patients who had treated for the fractures of mandibular condyle on Kyunghee Dental Hospital from January, 1989 to August 1997. We studied the age and sex distributions, causes of fractures, location of fractures and so on. The results as follow : 1. The ratio of male : female was 4:1, and the highest frequency of condylar fractures was registered among patients aged to 21 to 30 years. 2. The most common cause of condylar fractures was fall-down(47.7%), followed in incidence by direct-blow(27.9%) and traffic accidents(20.7%). 3. Subcondylar fracture had highest incidence(50%), and followed by condyle head(27.4%) and condylar neck(22.6%). 4. 9.7% of condylar fractures had occurred bilaterally and in cases of bilateral condylar fractures, condylar head fractures(58.33%) was hightest incidence. 5. Mandibular symphysis was most commonly involved in condylar fracture(63.4%), and 27.7% of condylar fractures had not any other mandibular fractures.
