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Facial Fractures
Orbital, cheekbone, nasal, frontal, and other fractures can alter facial structure and may require plates, screws, or reconstructive surgery.
Dallas–Fort Worth Severe Facial Injury Lawyer
Facial trauma can change
function and appearance at once.
Serious facial injuries can involve fractures, damaged nerves, jaw dysfunction, dental trauma, vision problems, scarring, and repeated reconstructive procedures.
The Piri Law Firm represents people with severe facial injuries throughout Dallas–Fort Worth and develops claims around reconstruction, permanent disfigurement, functional loss, future treatment, and the long-term effect on daily life.
Structure
Define fracture damage
Function
Measure lasting loss
Scarring
Document appearance
Future
Plan reconstruction
DFW
North Texas representation
Direct Answer
Why can a facial injury become a catastrophic injury claim?
Severe facial trauma can affect multiple systems simultaneously: bone structure, vision, sensation, chewing, speech, breathing, dental function, and appearance. When those effects are permanent or require extensive reconstruction, the damages analysis can extend far beyond the initial emergency treatment.
Serious Facial Trauma
The face contains closely connected structures with very different functions.
CT imaging, operative reports, maxillofacial and plastic-surgery records, dental evidence, neurological findings, and photographs can help define the full injury.
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Jaw Injuries
Mandible and maxillary trauma can interfere with chewing, speech, bite alignment, opening the mouth, and long-term comfort.
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Facial Nerve Damage
Trauma can produce numbness, weakness, altered sensation, neuropathic pain, or loss of normal facial movement.
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Dental Trauma
Broken, displaced, or lost teeth and damaged supporting structures may require restorative, surgical, or prosthetic dental care.
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Scarring & Disfigurement
Lacerations, surgical incisions, tissue loss, and irregular healing can leave permanent visible changes to the face.
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Reconstructive Surgery
Severe injuries may require staged procedures to restore structure, function, symmetry, or appearance over months or years.
Reconstruction & Recovery
The first surgery may only stabilize the injury.
Complex facial trauma can require later scar revision, dental reconstruction, hardware procedures, bone or soft-tissue reconstruction, jaw treatment, and additional specialist care after swelling subsides and healing progresses.
Maxillofacial and plastic-surgery records
Dental and bite-function evaluation
Serial photographs throughout healing
Future reconstruction and scar-revision planning
Build The Facial-Injury Case
Four questions help capture both function and appearance.
What structures were damaged?
Bone, nerves, teeth, soft tissue, eyes, jaw structures, and airway-related anatomy should be evaluated separately.
What functions changed?
Chewing, speech, sensation, facial movement, vision, breathing, bite alignment, and mouth opening may all be affected.
What will remain visible?
Scars, asymmetry, contour changes, tissue loss, dental changes, and other permanent differences should be documented over time.
What procedures remain?
Future reconstruction, dental work, scar revision, hardware removal, grafting, or other procedures may be medically supported.
How Severe Facial Injuries Happen
Direct impact can damage several facial structures in a fraction of a second.
The underlying event determines the liability evidence that needs to be preserved while medical evidence establishes the extent of permanent damage.
Car & Truck Crashes
Steering wheels, dashboards, airbags, windows, debris, and vehicle intrusion can produce complex facial trauma.
Car Accidents →Motorcycle Accidents
Riders may sustain direct facial impact with vehicles, pavement, or other objects during a collision.
Motorcycle Accidents →Pedestrian Accidents
Vehicle impact and secondary contact with pavement can cause fractures, dental trauma, tissue injury, and scarring.
Pedestrian Accidents →Bicycle Accidents
Cyclists can suffer direct facial impact even when protective equipment reduces other forms of head trauma.
Bicycle Accidents →
Permanent Disfigurement
The medical chart does not fully describe what it means to live with a changed face.
Permanent facial changes can affect confidence, social interaction, professional life, relationships, photographs, public-facing work, and emotional well-being. A complete damages record should document those consequences alongside the medical and reconstructive evidence.
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Serious facial trauma often overlaps with other catastrophic injuries.
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Retinal, optic-nerve, orbital, and other traumatic visual injuries.
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Neuropathic pain, weakness, numbness, and sensory loss.
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Multiple fractures, joint damage, hardware, and future orthopedic surgery.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Severe facial injury questions.
Can future facial reconstruction be included in damages?
Potentially. When future reconstructive procedures are medically supported, anticipated treatment and related costs may be relevant to damages.
Why are photographs important in a facial injury case?
Serial photographs can document swelling, wounds, surgical healing, scars, asymmetry, and permanent changes that written records may not fully convey.
Can dental reconstruction be part of the claim?
Potentially. Trauma-related restorative, surgical, prosthetic, or other dental treatment may be relevant when supported by the injury.
What if the injury affects both appearance and function?
Both can matter. Facial trauma may create separate functional, medical, cosmetic, and emotional consequences that should each be documented.
How long do I have to file a personal injury claim in Texas?
Texas generally applies a two-year limitations period to personal-injury claims, although exceptions can apply. Evidence from the underlying accident should be preserved much sooner.
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What Are You Facing?
Tell us how the facial injury happened, what structures were damaged, what surgeries or dental treatment have been required, what reconstruction is still expected, and how the injury affects function, appearance, work, and daily life.
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