Characterization of personal injuries in the stomatognathic system assessed at the Instituto Nacional de Medina Legal y Ciencias Forenses- Regional Suroccidente between 2015 and 2020.

Introduction: Personal injury forensic reports diagnose and define the damage to the body and health of a person including the stomatognathic system by injuries produced as the consequence of other people’s actions. Objective: To characterize the personal injuries affecting the stomatognathic system as a result of violent actions in 266 cases evaluated at the Instituto Nacional de Medina legal y Ciencias Forenses-Regional Suroccidente (Cali, Colombia) between 2015 and 2020. Materials and methods: We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study to characterize the personal injuries affecting the stomatognathic system.