Clinical study of maxillofacial trauma in Kashmir.

The present study of 206 cases admitted with maxillofacial trauma reveals that road traffic accidents account for 67 cases (32.52%) followed by missile injury 55 cases (26.70%) fall 39 cases (18.93%) bear slap 21 cases (10.19%) assault 14 cases (6.80%) and others 10 cases (4.86%) The cases of maxillofacial trauma were also analysed according to age and sex distribution and type of injury.It was found that road traffic accidents was the commonest cause of injury in males (34.21%) and in females the commonest cause of injury was fall (35.18%). Maximum number of cases 72 (34.95%) were found in the age group of 21-30 years and the mixed type of injury was common (60.68%) and mostly involving the middle third of face. Difficulty in chewing was the commonest presentation in road traffic accident.