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Fig. 2B. —Le Fort II fracture. (Reprinted with permission from
[2]) Drawings show plane of Le
Fort II fracture in lateral (A) and frontal (B) projections. Le
Fort II fracture is pyramidal in shape with teeth at base of pyramid and
nasofrontal suture at apex of pyramid. Pterygoid plates are broken, as is true
in all types of Le Fort fracture. Posterior and lateral walls of maxillary
sinus are broken as fracture skirts inferior in relation to body of zygoma.
Fracture then crosses inferior orbital rim, orbital floor, and medial wall of
orbit before crossing midline near nasofrontal suture. Maxillary teeth and
nose as a unit would be movable relative to zygomata and rest of skull.
