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THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL LIFE STYLE ON MID-FACE FRACTURE

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Introduction: Mid face trauma, with or without life threatening injuries needs accurate assessment which should be in a systematic and repeated manner.
Aim of the work: Is the identification of such injuries and the definitive management of common injury patterns that were changes laterally due to the advancement and severity of social life style.
Patients and Methods: the study performed from January 2016 to December 2018 (36 months) on 288 adult patients with mid-face trauma, at Oral and Maxillofacial Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University.
Results: Patients demographic data demonstrated that road traffic accident, motor vehicle, is the major etiological factor that change the pattern of mid-face fractures due to change of economic and social life style.
Conclusion: The rapid change of the economic and social life style was reported as the leading cause of pattern change of mid-face trauma. RTAs were the main cause of fractures followed by falls and sport respectively.

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10.21608/edj.2019.74764

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Mid-face Fracture, change the pattern of fracture, road traffic accident, modification of Le Fort fracture

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Hala

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Ragab

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R.

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Assistant Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University

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65

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Issue 4 - October (Oral Surgery)

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10703

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2019-10-01

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2020-03-01

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2019-10-01

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3,323

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3,328

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0070-9484

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2090-2360

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Egyptian Dental Journal

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22 Jan 2023