[Traumatic fracture of the lower jaw bone demonstrated by patients of the Clinic for Stomatology of the State Medical Institute of Minsk].

2,060 cases of fractures of the lower jaw bone treated by the Clinic for Maxillary and Facial Surgery of Minsk are analysed. The analyses comprise the specification of reasons, of the patients' social structure, the age, the time of the first consultation and the localisation of the fracture. Complications had been recorded in 11.5% of cases conservatively treated and in 7% of the surgically ones.