TY - JOUR
T1 - The “European Mandibular Angle” Research Project
T2 - The Epidemiologic Results From a Multicenter European Collaboration
AU - Brucoli, Matteo
AU - Boffano, Paolo
AU - Pezzana, Andrea
AU - Benech, Arnaldo
AU - Corre, Pierre
AU - Bertin, Helios
AU - Pechalova, Petia
AU - Pavlov, Nikolai
AU - Petrov, Petko
AU - Tamme, Tiia
AU - Kopchak, Andrey
AU - Romanova, Anna
AU - Shuminsky, Eugen
AU - Dediol, Emil
AU - Tarle, Marko
AU - Konstantinovic, Vitomir S.
AU - Jelovac, Drago
AU - Karagozoglu, K. Hakki
AU - Forouzanfar, Tymour
PY - 2019/4
Y1 - 2019/4
N2 - Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyze the demographic variables and causes and characteristics of mandibular angle fractures managed at several European departments of maxillofacial surgery. Materials and Methods: This study was based on a multicenter systematic database that allowed the recording of data from all patients with mandibular angle fractures between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2017. The following data were recorded: gender, age, etiology, side of angle fracture, associated mandibular fractures, presence of third molar, intermaxillary fixation, and osteosynthesis. Results: The study included 1,162 patients (1,045 male and 117 female patients). A significant association was found between the presence of a third molar and the diagnosis of an isolated angle fracture (P <.0000005). Furthermore, assaults were associated with the presence of voluptuary habits (P <.00005), a younger mean age (P <.00000005), male gender (P <.00000005), and left-sided angle fractures (P <.00000005). Conclusions: Assaults and falls actually represent the most frequent causes of angle fractures. The presence of a third molar may let the force completely disperse during the determination of the angle fracture, finding a point of weakness.
AB - Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyze the demographic variables and causes and characteristics of mandibular angle fractures managed at several European departments of maxillofacial surgery. Materials and Methods: This study was based on a multicenter systematic database that allowed the recording of data from all patients with mandibular angle fractures between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2017. The following data were recorded: gender, age, etiology, side of angle fracture, associated mandibular fractures, presence of third molar, intermaxillary fixation, and osteosynthesis. Results: The study included 1,162 patients (1,045 male and 117 female patients). A significant association was found between the presence of a third molar and the diagnosis of an isolated angle fracture (P <.0000005). Furthermore, assaults were associated with the presence of voluptuary habits (P <.00005), a younger mean age (P <.00000005), male gender (P <.00000005), and left-sided angle fractures (P <.00000005). Conclusions: Assaults and falls actually represent the most frequent causes of angle fractures. The presence of a third molar may let the force completely disperse during the determination of the angle fracture, finding a point of weakness.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.joms.2018.12.013
DO - 10.1016/j.joms.2018.12.013
M3 - Article
C2 - 30677410
AN - SCOPUS:85061284312
VL - 77
SP - 791.e1-791.e7
JO - Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
JF - Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
SN - 0278-2391
IS - 4
ER -