Epidemiology of dental trauma in children and adolescents

VernacularTitle:急性牙外伤在儿童及青少年中的流行与分布特点
Author: Nan WANG ; Yi GONG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Dental trauma; Children; Young adults; Epidemiology
From: Chinese Journal of Emergency Medicine 2010;19(7):757-760
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To study the prevalence and distribution of dental trauma in children and adolescents. Method A total of 347 patients with the permanent anterior teeth injured aged from 6 to 25 years were treated and selected from July 2008 to June 2009. Data of gender, age, site of accident occurred, number of teeth injured, and location and type of injury were taken from the dental records. Results Of them, there were male 219, female 128, and the ratio of male/female was 1.7:1.0, The highest incidence of tooth injuries occurred a-mong children of 10 to 13 years old. The common site of dental trauma was school. The majority of dental casualties had one tooth (38.0%) and two teeth (38.0%) injured. Of all types of dental injury, subloxation (19.8%), and enamel and dentin fractures without pulpa involvement (18.7%) were the most seen ones. Con-clusions The dental trauma in children and adolescents is a major problem that can not be ignored, and should be given persistent attention to prevent.