Orofacial damage resulting from road accidents

Inês Morais Caldas; Teresa Magalhães; Américo Afonso; Eduarda Matos

doi:10.1111/j.1600-9657.2008.00584.x

Orofacial damage resulting from road accidents

Dent Traumatol. 2008 Aug;24(4):410-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-9657.2008.00584.x.

Authors

Inês Morais Caldas¹, Teresa Magalhães, Américo Afonso, Eduarda Matos

Affiliation

¹ Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oporto, Porto, Portugal. inescaldas1@sapo.pt

PMID: 18721339
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-9657.2008.00584.x

Abstract

The objective of this paper was to study the epidemiological characteristics of orofacial damage resulting from road accidents among victims assessed in the Oporto delegation of the Legal Medicine Institute, in Portugal. It was also our goal to analyze in which way orofacial sequelae was reflected in the victims' complete social reintegration.

MeSH terms

Accidents, Traffic*
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Child
Child, Preschool
Deglutition Disorders / etiology
Disability Evaluation
Facial Pain / etiology
Female
Humans
Injury Severity Score
Male
Mastication
Maxillofacial Injuries* / complications
Maxillofacial Injuries* / epidemiology
Maxillofacial Injuries* / etiology
Maxillofacial Injuries* / psychology
Middle Aged
Portugal / epidemiology
Quality of Life
Sickness Impact Profile
Speech Disorders / etiology