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Emergency Medicine Test Prep

Category - Head, Facial, Neck, and Spine Trauma

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A 24 year old male having history of trauma to his face and the tooth bearing portion of the mandible was fractured and the fracture extended into the mouth via periodontal membrane and the overlying skin what type of fracture is this ?
  1. Simple fracture of the mandible
  2. Compound fracture of the mandible
  3. Pathological fracture of the mandible
  4. None of these
Explanation
Answer: B - Mandible fracture may be :
Simple fracture in which there is a closed linear fracture of the condyle ,coronoid ,ramus and body of the mandible
Compound fracture is the fracture in which the tooth bearing portion of the mandible is fractured and the fracture extended into the mouth via periodontal membrane and the overlying skin
Pathological fracture is the fractured that results in already weakened mandible by pathological disease .
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