Types of maxillofacial injuries we treat

Maxillofacial injuries can be isolated (with damage to only the maxillofacial area) and combined (with damage to two or more anatomical parts of the body). An example of a combined injury can be a fracture of the lower jaw and a rib. The most common types of injuries of the maxillofacial area:

• orbital wall fractures;
• fractures of the zygomatic alveolar complex;
• fractures of the zygomatic arch and zygomatic bone;
• fractures of the upper and/or lower jaws;
• various non-fire and fire injuries of the soft tissues of the maxillofacial area.

Sometimes a combination of two or more types of the listed injuries is possible. Classification of injuries of the maxillofacial region depending on the cause of the lesion:

• mechanical;
• thermal (burns, frostbite);
• chemical (damage by chemical substances).

– In case of complex fractures with displacement of bone fragments, we print a 3D model of the patient’s skull on a scale of 1:1 in order to practice the operation on it and prepare all the necessary metal structures in advance. This makes it possible to significantly reduce the duration of surgical intervention and makes its result as predictable as possible, – says Denys Valkevich.