Matteo Brucoli1, Paolo Boffano2, Andrea Pezzana3, Arnaldo Benech4, Pierre Corre5, Helios Bertin5, Petia Pechalova6, Nikolai Pavlov7, Petko Petrov8, Tiia Tamme9, Andrey Kopchak10, Anna Romanova11, Eugen Shuminsky11, Emil Dediol12, Marko Tarle13, Vitomir S Konstantinovic14, Drago Jelovac15, K Hakki Karagozoglu16, Tymour Forouzanfar17. 1. Researcher, Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy. Electronic address: mattbrucoli@gmail.com. 2. Maxillofacial Surgeon, Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy. 3. Resident, Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy. 4. Full Professor, Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy. 5. Maxillofacial Surgeon, Service de Stomatologie et Chirurgie Maxillo-faciale, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France. 6. Professor, Department of Oral surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. 7. Private Practice of Oral Surgery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. 8. Surgeon, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. 9. Professor, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Stomatology Clinic, Tartu University, Tartu, Estonia. 10. Professor, Department for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Bogomolets National Medical University, Kiev, Ukraine. 11. Resident, Department for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Bogomolets National Medical University, Kiev, Ukraine. 12. Professor, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia. 13. Surgeon, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia. 14. Full Professor, Clinic of Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia. 15. Professor, Clinic of Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia. 16. Surgeon, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Pathology, VU University Medical Center and Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 17. Full Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Pathology, VU University Medical Center and Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to analyze the demographic variables and causes and characteristics of mandibular angle fractures managed at several European departments of maxillofacial surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was based on a multicenter systematic database that allowed the recording of data from all patients with mandibular angle fractures between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2017. The following data were recorded: gender, age, etiology, side of angle fracture, associated mandibular fractures, presence of third molar, intermaxillary fixation, and osteosynthesis. RESULTS: The study included 1,162 patients (1,045 male and 117 female patients). A significant association was found between the presence of a third molar and the diagnosis of an isolated angle fracture (P < .0000005). Furthermore, assaults were associated with the presence of voluptuary habits (P < .00005), a younger mean age (P < .00000005), male gender (P < .00000005), and left-sided angle fractures (P < .00000005). CONCLUSIONS: Assaults and falls actually represent the most frequent causes of angle fractures. The presence of a third molar may let the force completely disperse during the determination of the angle fracture, finding a point of weakness.
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to analyze the demographic variables and causes and characteristics of mandibular angle fractures managed at several European departments of maxillofacial surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was based on a multicenter systematic database that allowed the recording of data from all patients with mandibular angle fractures between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2017. The following data were recorded: gender, age, etiology, side of angle fracture, associated mandibular fractures, presence of third molar, intermaxillary fixation, and osteosynthesis. RESULTS: The study included 1,162 patients (1,045 male and 117 female patients). A significant association was found between the presence of a third molar and the diagnosis of an isolated angle fracture (P < .0000005). Furthermore, assaults were associated with the presence of voluptuary habits (P < .00005), a younger mean age (P < .00000005), male gender (P < .00000005), and left-sided angle fractures (P < .00000005). CONCLUSIONS: Assaults and falls actually represent the most frequent causes of angle fractures. The presence of a third molar may let the force completely disperse during the determination of the angle fracture, finding a point of weakness.
Authors: Hesham Mohammed Al-Sharani; Zhang Bin; Mubarak Ahmed Mashrah; Endi Lanza Galvão; Essam Ahmed Al-Moraissi; Maged Ali Al-Aroomi; Karim Ahmed Sakran; Saulo Gabriel Moreira Falci Journal: Sci Rep Date: 2021-04-16 Impact factor: 4.379
Authors: Maciej Sikora; Mikołaj Chlubek; Elżbieta Grochans; Anna Jurczak; Krzysztof Safranow; Dariusz Chlubek Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2019-12-18 Impact factor: 3.390