PURPOSE: To
research about maxillofacial traumatic
injuries of
children in aspects of
gender difference , various
incidence rates between age,
trauma type, cause, monthly and daily
incidence rate , type of
tooth damage, gingival damage, soft
tissue damage, and type of
facial bone fracture. MATERIALS AND
METHODS: Study group consisted of
children under 15 years of age
who visited Dental
Hospital ,
School of
Dentistry , Kyung Hee
University from 2004/7/1 to 2007/6/30 with chief complaint of oral and maxillofacial traumatic
injuries . 1,559 cases of traumatic
injuries were studied from 1,556 (1,004
male , 552
female )
children .
CONCLUSION: 1. There were slightly more
boys than
girls , giving a
male -to-
female ratio of 1.821.0. The 1-3 year old
boys and
girls had the highest number of traumatic
injuries . 2. Of the 1,556
patients , 68.63% had
soft tissue injuries , 50.22% had periodontal
injuries , 29.89% had
teeth injuries , and 3.85% had maxillofacial
bone fractures . 3.
Falling down was the most common cause of
injury in both sexes. 4. The months with the highest
incidence rates were in order May (12.12%), June (11.74%), and October (11.13%). Most of the
injuries occurred on weekends. 5. The most common
tooth injury was uncomplicated
crown fracture, and the most common periodontal
injury was subluxation. The majority of traumatizes
teeth were the upper central
incisors . 6. The most common
soft tissue injury was intraoral
lacerations . 7.
Mandibular fractures were most frequent in
facial bone fractures; symphysis, condylar
head , and angle fractures were most frequent in
mandibular fractures ; maxillary and
nasal bone fractures were most frequent in midfacial
bone fractures .