Pattern of maxillofacial fractures at a tertiary hospital in northern India: A 4-year retrospective study of 718 patients

Dental Traumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 257-262

  Gandhi, Sumir ^a   Ranganathan, Laxman Kumar ^a   Solanki, Manisha ^a   Mathew, George C ^a   Singh, Inderjot ^a   Bither, Saurab ^a  

^a Christian Dental College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MAXILLA FRACTURE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NOSE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIOLENCE; ZYGOMA ARCH FRACTURE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MAXILLARY FRACTURES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT; ZYGOMATIC FRACTURES;

EID: 79960241306     PISSN: 16004469     EISSN: 16009657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-9657.2011.00996.x     Document Type: Article

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