Prevalence of dental trauma and its association with gender among age group of 2-6 year

Abstract

Background: Traumatic dental injuries (TDI) are the dental circumstances with high predominance rate and generally connected with impact on children. Dental injury can cause distress and loss of limit has the potential for periapical sequelae, which give an unfriendly impact on the occasion of the extremely durable teeth additionally as the creating impediment. Aim: To assess the prevalence of dental trauma and its association with gender among age groups of 2-6 years. Materials and Methods: The study was carried out among patients who answered to Saveetha Dental College with traumatic injuries such as avulsion, intrusion, extrusion and luxation of age group of 2-6 years. The data was entered into SPSS after the variables were coded. Categorical factors were reported as far as numbers and reference charts were generated using SPSS version 23. The Chi Square test was used to test the statistical analysis of the associations. Results: Among 40 children, who were affected by dental trauma, 62.5% were males and 37.5% are females. As a total count males were higher in count of 23 patients when compared to females 17 patients.