AGE, GENDER DISTRIBUTION AND ETIOLOGY OF DENTOALVEOLAR FRACTURES

This descriptive study was undertaken to determine age and gender distribution and causes of dentoalveolar fractures. One hundred patients with dentoalveolar fracture were examined at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Khyber College of Dentistry, Peshawar; Pakistan in six months. The age range in this study was 3-60 years with mean age 18.17 years; and Std Deviation13.08. The male to female ratio was 2.7: 1. Road traffic accident was the major cause of dentoalveolar fractures(39 %) followed by fall(30%), sports accidents(15%), violence (5%), work accidents (4%), fire arm injuries(4%), and horse kick(2%).