Characteristics and age-related injury patterns of maxillofacial fractures in children and adolescents: A multicentric and prospective study.
Ignasi Segura-PallerèsFederica SobreroFabio RocciaLuis Fernando de Oliveira GorlaValfrido Antonio Pereira-FilhoDaniel GallafassiLeonardo Perez FaveraniIrene RomeoAlessandro BojinoChiara CopelliFrancesc Duran-VallesCoro BescosDimitra GanasouliStelios N ZanakisAhmed Gaber HassaneinHaider AlalawyMohammed KamelSahand SamieiradMehul Rajesh JaisaniSajjad Abdur RahmanTabishur RahmanTimothy AladelusiKirsten CarlawPeter AquilinaEuan RaeSean LaverickMaximilian GoetzingerGian Battista BottiniPublished in: Dental traumatology : official publication of International Association for Dental Traumatology (2022)
The main cause of paediatric maxillofacial fractures was road traffic accidents, with the highest rates seen in African and Asian centres, and the frequency of such fractures increased with age. Falls showed an inverse association with age and were the leading cause of trauma in children 0-6 years of age. The choice of treatment varies with age, reflecting anatomical and etiological changes towards patterns more similar to those seen in adulthood.