CAISS - FACE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
What is the AIS Face chapter made of? - ANSWER The eyes, ears, nose, mouth,
and facial bones
What exactly does AIS consider to be part of the face? - ANSWER Skin (front and
side of head), facial bones, eye orbits, vessels, and nerves.
What are the five forms of fractures in the face? - ANSWER Closed/simple,
Open/compound, Comminuted, Non-displaced, and Displaced
What is found in the upper third of the face? - ANSWER Supraorbital Ridge and
Above
What is found in the lower portion of the face? - ANSWER Mandible/teeth,
alveolar process, symphysis/para symphysis, corpus/body, angle, ramus, condyle,
coronoid process
What makes up the middle of the face? - ANSWER Nasal bones, septum, maxillary
sinus, orbital bones, zygoma, zygomatic arch, maxilla, alveolar process, and
maxillary teeth.
How are traumatic enucleations coded? - ANSWER Eye Avulsion
T/F: All LeFort fractures include nose fractures, which is false. LeFort I does not
involve a nasal bone fracture. Nasal bone fractures can also be coded.
Which bilateral facial injuries should be coded separately? - ANSWER Eyes and
ears.
, Which bilateral injuries to the face should be treated as a single injury? - ANSWER
Maxilla and mandible. Code corresponds to the bone's biggest mass area.
What number of injuries would you code? Fracture of the alveolar ridge and two
teeth - ANSWER One. Coded as one injury.
What form of harm would result from the complete separation of the face bone
from its cranial attachments? - Answer LeFort III
How is a minimally displaced facial fracture coded? - ANSWER Nondisplaced
This form of facial fracture is a high-velocity injury that involves fragments from
the middle and lower, upper and middle, or all three. - ANSWER Panfacial. Often
looks like a jigsaw puzzle.
The fracture line runs through the nasal bone, lacrimal, orbital floor, infra orbital
edge, upper zygomaticmaxillary suture line, maxillary sinus, pterygoid, and
maxilla. - Answer LeFort II
Is a fracture line required to qualify as a LeFort Fracture? - ANSWER Through the
Pterygoid Plate
What is the Malar Complex Fracture? - ANSWER: Fracture of the zygoma or
cheekbone
Why are zygoma fractures a concern? - ANSWER Can make it difficult to open the
mouth.
ANSWERS
What is the AIS Face chapter made of? - ANSWER The eyes, ears, nose, mouth,
and facial bones
What exactly does AIS consider to be part of the face? - ANSWER Skin (front and
side of head), facial bones, eye orbits, vessels, and nerves.
What are the five forms of fractures in the face? - ANSWER Closed/simple,
Open/compound, Comminuted, Non-displaced, and Displaced
What is found in the upper third of the face? - ANSWER Supraorbital Ridge and
Above
What is found in the lower portion of the face? - ANSWER Mandible/teeth,
alveolar process, symphysis/para symphysis, corpus/body, angle, ramus, condyle,
coronoid process
What makes up the middle of the face? - ANSWER Nasal bones, septum, maxillary
sinus, orbital bones, zygoma, zygomatic arch, maxilla, alveolar process, and
maxillary teeth.
How are traumatic enucleations coded? - ANSWER Eye Avulsion
T/F: All LeFort fractures include nose fractures, which is false. LeFort I does not
involve a nasal bone fracture. Nasal bone fractures can also be coded.
Which bilateral facial injuries should be coded separately? - ANSWER Eyes and
ears.
, Which bilateral injuries to the face should be treated as a single injury? - ANSWER
Maxilla and mandible. Code corresponds to the bone's biggest mass area.
What number of injuries would you code? Fracture of the alveolar ridge and two
teeth - ANSWER One. Coded as one injury.
What form of harm would result from the complete separation of the face bone
from its cranial attachments? - Answer LeFort III
How is a minimally displaced facial fracture coded? - ANSWER Nondisplaced
This form of facial fracture is a high-velocity injury that involves fragments from
the middle and lower, upper and middle, or all three. - ANSWER Panfacial. Often
looks like a jigsaw puzzle.
The fracture line runs through the nasal bone, lacrimal, orbital floor, infra orbital
edge, upper zygomaticmaxillary suture line, maxillary sinus, pterygoid, and
maxilla. - Answer LeFort II
Is a fracture line required to qualify as a LeFort Fracture? - ANSWER Through the
Pterygoid Plate
What is the Malar Complex Fracture? - ANSWER: Fracture of the zygoma or
cheekbone
Why are zygoma fractures a concern? - ANSWER Can make it difficult to open the
mouth.
