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Maxillofacial Trauma

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Maxillofacial injuries account for approximately 5 to 33% in poly trauma patients, which may occur in combination with other injuries or as an isolated Injury1. Maxillofacial trauma is one of the most challenging problem worldwide. Maxillofacial region is vulnerable to injuries quite commonly, due to its more prominent position in human body. Maxillofacial injuries cause varying degrees of physical ,functional and cosmetic disfigurement, so remains to be a topic of discussion for researchers. Numerous studies were published on maxillofacial trauma describing incidence, patterns and etiology of both male and female population. Over the past 3-4 decades etiology of maxillofacial trauma has been changing and continues to do so. For instance,

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