Facial Injury
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Facial Injury Underlying Cause
Causes of facial injury include:
Altercations
Automobile accidents
Falls
Sports injuries
Types of facial injury include:
Facial contusion
Facial fracture
Dental injury
Dental pain after injury
Jaw injury
Jaw fracture
Jaw dislocation
Blowout fracture of the orbit
Nasal bone fracture
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Facial Injury Anatomy
Related Conditions
Blowout fracture of the orbit
Dental fracture
Facial contusion
Facial fracture
Jaw dislocation
Jaw fracture
Nasal bone fracture
Periorbital contusion
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Dental injury
Eye injury
Facial injury
Jaw injury
Lip laceration
Nose injury
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Last Updated: Nov 7, 2008
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Facial Injury References:
Hess CT. The art of skin and wound care documentation. Adv Skin Wound Care. 2005 Jan-Feb;18(1):43-53.
Moulin V, Auger FA, Garrel D, Germain L. Role of wound healing myofibroblasts on re-epithelialization of human skin.Burns. 2000 Feb;26(1):3-12.
Norman D. The effects of age-related skin changes on wound healing rates. J Wound Care. 2004 May;13(5):199-201.
O'Dell ML. Skin and wound infections: an overview. Am Fam Physician. 1998 May 15;57(10):2424-32.
