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Facial Injuries and Disorders

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Summary

Face injuries and disorders can cause pain and affect how you look. In severe cases, they can affect sight, speech, breathing and your ability to swallow. Fractures (broken bones), especially in the bones of your nose, cheekbone and jaw, are common facial injuries.

Certain diseases also lead to facial disorders. For example, nerve diseases like trigeminal neuralgia or Bell's palsy sometimes cause facial pain, spasms and trouble with eye or facial movement. Birth defects can also affect the face. They can cause underdeveloped or unusually prominent facial features or a lack of facial expression. Cleft lip and palate are a common facial birth defect.

Treatments and Therapies

  • Corrective Jaw Surgery Video (American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons)
  • Facial Reanimation Surgery (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
  • Scar Revision: Understanding Facial Scar Treatment (American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery)
  • Treatment of Facial Injury (American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons) - PDF

Specifics

  • Blowout Fracture (American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus)
  • Coffin-Lowry Syndrome From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
  • Facial Hemiatrophy From the National Institutes of Health (Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center) Also in Spanish
  • Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome From the National Institutes of Health (Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center)
  • Mobius Syndrome From the National Institutes of Health (Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center)

Genetics

  • Coffin-Lowry syndrome: MedlinePlus Genetics From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine)
  • Freeman-Sheldon syndrome: MedlinePlus Genetics From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine)
  • Moebius syndrome: MedlinePlus Genetics From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine)

Health Check Tools

  • Facial Swelling (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish

Clinical Trials

  • ClinicalTrials.gov: Craniofacial Abnormalities From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)
  • ClinicalTrials.gov: Facial Injuries From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)

Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

  • Article: Bi-allelic variants in BRF2 are associated with perinatal death and craniofacial...
  • Article: Facial trauma management: A nationwide data collection on practice patterns and...
  • Article: Highlighting cardiovascular manifestations of kleefstra syndrome: literature review and clinical insights.
  • Facial Injuries and Disorders -- see more articles

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  • Find an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon (American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons)
  • National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research From the National Institutes of Health Also in Spanish

Patient Handouts

  • Face pain (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Facial nerve palsy due to birth trauma (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Facial paralysis (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Facial trauma (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish

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Facial Injuries and Disorders

MEDICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA

  • Face pain
  • Facial nerve palsy due to birth trauma
  • Facial paralysis
  • Facial swelling
  • Facial tics
  • Facial trauma

Related Health Topics

  • Bell's Palsy
  • Cleft Lip and Palate
  • Craniofacial Abnormalities
  • Nose Injuries and Disorders
  • Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia

National Institutes of Health

The primary NIH organization for research on Facial Injuries and Disorders is the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

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