Orofacial damage resulting from road accidents.

Authors :: Caldas, Inês Morais
Magalhães, Teresa
Afonso, Américo
Matos, Eduarda
Source :: Dental Traumatology; Aug2008, Vol. 24 Issue 4, p410-415, 6p, 10 Charts, 4 Graphs
Publication Year :: 2008
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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]