Abstract
We report on the clinical and radiographic findings of 26 mondibular fractures in a retrospective study of 48 pediatric trauma patients. These patients all under 12 years of age, were reffered to our university hospital during a 5-year period between 1989 and 1993. The clinical records and radiographs were reviewed for the mechanism of injury, age at the time of injury and anatomical site of the fracture.
Our results revealed no significant differences in the sex and age distribution of the cases.54.5% of the children had condylar fractures,3 cases (11.5%) had dental trauma in addition to the recognized mandibular fractures.4 cases (15.4%) earlier misdiagnosed as having no mandibular fracture prior to their refferal to our hospital, were otherwise observed to have mandibular fractures.
The implication of the results of this study is that panoramic X-ray is the best for X-ray examination.
