Incidence and pattern of mandibular fractures in rural population: A review of 324 patients at a tertiary hospital in Loni, Maharashtra, India

Dental Traumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 468-470

  Bither, Saurab ^a,b   Mahindra, Uma ^a   Halli, Rajshekhar ^a   Kini, Yogesh ^a  

^a Rural Dental College   (India)

^b Pravara Rural Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 47649133747     PISSN: 16004469     EISSN: 16009657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-9657.2008.00606.x     Document Type: Article

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