The incidence of maxillofacial injuries varies widely in different regions of the world due to social, economic, cultural difference and awareness of traffic regulations.
The aim of the present study was to examine the changes in the pattern of maxillofacial fractures between KSA and other selected countries during the period; (1991-2016) as this would permit a comparison of the "state of facial injuries" in recent years to ten-year-old articles around the world.
A search of the literature using PubMed was conducted for publications on maxillofacial injuries published during the last 25 years. Only 45 articles met the inclusion criteria. For each of the included studies, different parameters were recorded. 24 studies were included, which dealt with patients who sustained maxillofacial fractures and 6 articles dealt with patients who had mandibular fractures only.
The mandible was the most frequently fractured facial bone. The mean age of patients with facial fractures was 20 years and the incidence of mandibular fractures was higher in males than in females. Findings showed that mandibular fractures are more frequent than other facial bones. Generally in KSA there was a preponderance of mandibular fractures to other facial bones except in the north part of the kingdom where mandibular fractures were lower than other facial fractures.
Conference: Injuries Symposium of Majmaah University during 4-5 May 2016 At: Majmaah University.
2016.