INCIDENCE OF ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS COMPARED WITH OTHER ETIOLOGIC FACTORS FOR MAXILLOFACIAL TRAUMA.

Vaishaki Kamath; Dr Prashant Punde; Parth H Mehta; Pratiksha Kembhavi

Volume : VI, Issue : VIII, August - 2017

INCIDENCE OF ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS COMPARED WITH OTHER ETIOLOGIC FACTORS FOR MAXILLOFACIAL TRAUMA.

Vaishaki Kamath, Dr Prashant Punde, Parth H Mehta, Pratiksha Kembhavi

Abstract :

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate prevalence of various etiological factors of maxillofacial trauma in an attempt to identify most common etiological factor in order to implement safety measures for the same.

Materials and method: This was a retrospective study on selected cases of maxillofacial trauma reported to the department of oral and maxillofacial surgery from 2012 to 2014. Data including demographic data, etiology and type of facial fracture were been recorded.

Results: 160 patients were evaluated for study in which 142 were males and 18 were females. There was a vast male predominance in all age groups with an overall male–to–female ratio of 7.88:1. The age group 31 to 40 years accounted largest in both sexes. 110(68.75%) patients were involved in road accident injuries 29(18.12%) were involved in fall injury, 9(5.625%) were involved in violence and 12(7.5%) were involved industrial accident

Conclusion: This study concludes that the incidence of maxillofacial trauma due to road traffic accidents was more than fall, violence and industrial accidents noted at Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, for the given time period of two years.