Oral and cranio-maxillofacial trauma in children and adolescents in an emergency setting at a Brazilian hospital.
Isabel Cristina Quaresma RêgoSilvia Marques Martins VilarinhoClaudia Karolyne Freitas RodriguesPaula Vitória de Almeida Ramos CorreiaJosé Luiz Cintra JunqueiraLuciana Butini OliveiraPublished in: Dental traumatology : official publication of International Association for Dental Traumatology (2019)
Male adolescents living in urban areas were most affected by craniofacial trauma. The most common cause was road traffic accidents involving motorcycles, resulting in facial and skull fractures. Complications from traumatic brain injuries were the most common associated injuries.