A retrospective study of oral and XXXX in Seremban Hospital, Malaysia.

@entity1 @entity11253 @entity64 @entity174 @entity8494 @entity130
INTRODUCTION: Aetiology of oral and @entity11253 in this country includes @entity64 ( @entity64 ), fall, industrial accidents and others. Among these causes, @entity64 accident is the predominant cause of @entity130 . MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective record review was carried out using hospital records of all @entity1 who sustained oral and maxillofacial injury at the Department of Oral Surgery, Seremban Hospital, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia between 1998 and 2002. Information related to demographics, aetiology of @entity130 , vehicles involved in collision, location of injuries and treatment modalities were reviewed. RESULTS: Two thousand nine hundred and eighty-six @entity1 sustained oral and @entity11253 . Of these @entity1 , 79.2% were @entity1 and the remaining were @entity1 . Among all the races, Malays had the highest involvement (50.6%) followed by Indians (24.5%), Chinese (19.6%) and others (5.3%). There were statistically significant results on the association of aetiology and the ethnic groups, in the age group of 30 years or less and male gender (P < 0.001). The most common injury was the soft-tissue injury followed by dental and @entity130 and bony @entity174 . Among all @entity174 , 66.3% were managed conservatively, 13% were treated surgically and 19.7% did not have any intervention. In relation to dental and @entity130 , 64.8% had treatment in the form of splinting, restorations or dental extraction. The rest of the @entity1 (35.2%) were referred to their dentists or did not have any active treatment at Seremban Hospital. CONCLUSION: Most of the dental and @entity8494 in Seremban Hospital were caused by @entity64 and were predominantly managed using conservative methods.
