Background: Dental trauma in children and adolescents is a common public health problem in all societies and the prevalence of these injuries has increased during the past few decades. Injury of permanent teeth may cause cosmetic, functional and psychological problems to the patient. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and severity of traumatized anterior teeth in relation to age, gender, type of injury and type of occlusion.
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