Retrospective analysis of 503 maxillo-facial trauma cases in odisha during the period of dec'04-nov'09.

This study involves mandibular and midface fractures recorded in the trauma reports of OMFS department, SCB dental college, Cuttack, Odisha. The reports were studied between December 2004 and November 2009. The 503 patients had 539 mandibular fractures and 117 midface fractures. Males accounted for 442 (87.87%) and females accounted for 61 (12.12%). Male to female ratio was 7.25:1. The most common cause of fracture was road traffic accident and accounted for 404 (80.31%). The most common site of fracture mandible was parasymphysis where as in middle third fracture it was zygomatic complex fracture. The most common age groups involved in fracture were 21-30 years and the incidence of head injury was 97(19.28%). Many of these variations may be related to socioeconomic, cultural and environmental conditions.