As a firefighter I do everything from fight grass fires, house fires, rubbish fires, car fires, anything that can catch on fire weâd be called for it. We go to medical calls, any time ambulances are called out we go to it. We do everything from heart attacks to small injuries to car wrecks.
Facio maxillary fractures involving mandible, zygoma and zygomatic arch can cause Trismus. These fractures interfere with movement of temporomandibular joint causing trismus. Commonest cause of trismus in this category is direct trauma causing fractures of mandible and. other facial bones.
Aside from direct trauma the most common pathological ailment affecting the muscles of mastication is a condition known as trismus (or lockjaw). It is defined as a prolonged tonic spasm of the jaw muscles. The affected patients find it very difficult and in some cases impossible to open the mouth.