MAXILLARY FRACTURES LEFORT

   Clinical findings

      Facial edema

       Malocclusion of the teeth 
       Motion of the maxilla while the nasal bridge remains stable

        

        Radiographic findings:

       Fracture line which involves

        Nasal aperture

        Inferior maxilla

        Lateral wall of maxilla

        CT of the face and head

        coronal cuts

        3-D reconstruction

ž    Definition: 

       Pyramidal fracture 

    Maxilla

    Nasal bones

    Medial aspect of the orbits

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