Introduction: Superior third facial fractures represent an important but rare pathology in the specialty of head, neck and maxillofacial surgery, and result from severe trauma. Objectives: To determine the presentation of superior third facial fractures by age, sex, causal agent and classification. Design: Observational descriptive study. Setting: Head, Neck and Maxillofacial Surgery Service, Dos de Mayo National Hospital, Lima, Peru. Participants: Patients with superior third facial fracture. Methods: Medical records data between June 1999 and May 2009 were captured. Main outcome measures: Age, sex, causing agent and classification. Results: Forty nine patients were included, Ninety pe cent were male, about two thirds (67.5%) were between 21 and 40 years old. More than half of the lesions (55%) resulted from traffic accidents and 23% from robberies; more than 40% had superior third frac...