1995 Volume 41 Issue 3 Pages 210-213
We perfomed a clinicostatistical study of 43 elderly patients with maxillofacialfractures who were over the age of 60 years and a long-term follow-up study of 27 of these cases at The First Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University during the 16-year period between 1977 and 1992.
Of all maxillofacial fractures, the incidence of fractures in elderly patients was 5.1%. The ratio of men to women was 1.5:1. Falling to the ground was the most frequent cause of fracture. Fractures of the mandibule were common, and the mandibular condyle was the most frequent fracture site. Conservative therapy was usually performed and was found to be successful. The long-term follow-up study demonstrated that recovery of the occlusion was enabled by prosthetic treatment after conservative therapy.
