The different patterns of fractures of the facial Skeleton in four European countries.

A series of 1420 Dutch patients with facial fractures was compared with series from three other European countries. Special attention is paid to the patterns of the facial fractures and the cause of those injuries. The majority of the fractures in all four countries were caused by traffic accidents. The age of the Dutch patients at the time of the accident differed from the ages of the patients in the other countries.