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Our study describes several children with mandible fractures to identify features that might differentiate abuse from accident.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Records and imaging were reviewed for children aged 24 months and younger who were diagnosed with mandible fractures at 2 tertiary pediatric care centers. Twenty-one cases were included, 8 of whom had formal child abuse consultations. Cases were reviewed for mechanisms of injury, physical examination findings, and occult injuries identified, as well as the final abuse determination.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Among children with child abuse consultations, 5 injuries (62.5%) were determined to be accidental, 1 (12.5%) was abusive, and 2 were indeterminate for abuse or accident (25%). In each accidentally injured child, the reported mechanism of injury was a short fall with evidence of facial impact. No accidentally injured child had unexpected occult injuries or noncraniofacial cutaneous injuries.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Infants and young children can sometimes sustain mandible fractures accidentally after well-described short falls with evidence of facial impact. Abuse remains in the differential diagnosis, and children should be evaluated accordingly. 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