Title
Prevalence of mandibular trauma leading to fracture in Eastern India: A retrospective study
Authors
Rritam Ghosh*, Kanad Chaudhuri, Debasree Boral, Debanti Giri & Sayan Chattopadhyay
Affiliation
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Dr. R. Ahmed Dental College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India; *Corresponding author
Rritam Ghosh - E-mail: rritammds@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9903613110
Kanad Chaudhuri - E-mail: kanad.chaudhuri@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9870635794
Debasree Boral - E-mail: drdebasreeboral27@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9830766391
Debanti Giri - E-mail: drdebantigiri@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9838400452
Sayan Chattopadhyay - E-mail: drsayan23@gmail.com; Phone: +91 7482896569
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received April 1, 2026; Revised April 30, 2026; Accepted April 30, 2026, Published April 30, 2026
Abstract
Mandibular fractures pose a major public-health burden because their prevalence, anatomical patterns and causes vary significantly across populations, complicating prevention and treatment planning. Therefore, it is of interest to analyze 1,500 radiographically and clinically confirmed mandibular fractures identified from 3,600 outpatient records (2019-2023) at R. Ahmed Dental College and Hospital, Kolkata, after excluding incomplete and pathological cases. Demographic data, etiology, fracture site distribution and fracture multiplicity were recorded and evaluated independently by two examiners using descriptive statistics and chi-square tests at a 5% significance level. Young adult males, especially in the 21-30-year age group, were most frequently affected, with road traffic accidents as the leading cause and parasymphysis and condyle emerging as the predominant fracture sites, mostly as single-site fractures. Thus, we document parasymphysis fractures in young men secondary to traffic accidents as the dominant pattern in this setting, underscoring the need for targeted road-safety policies and maxillofacial-trauma-prevention strategies.
Keywords
Age distribution, epidemiology, mandibular fractures, maxillofacial injuries, retrospective studies
Citation
Ghosh et al. Bioinformation 22(4): 2102-2106 (2026)
Edited by
Vini Mehta
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
