Facial trauma can correspond to a wide range of injuries, from simple skin wounds to massive destruction of the face, usually with injury to the skull and brain.

The face is a very complex and intricate unit, mainly due to the skull, brain, and neck, in addition to the organs and systems that it surrounds such as the eyes, airway, digestive tract, ears, smell, taste, chewing, and swallowing, phonation, and brain functions.