Traumatic dental injuries in Turkish children, Istanbul

Abstract

In childhood, a correct diagnosis may affect the management methods and prevent the occurrence of complications after treatment for traumatic dental injuries. Therefore, continuing education programs offering the latest updates in the management of traumatized teeth should be provided for dental and medical practitioners.

Dental trauma in contact sports

“…This seems to be related to the start of development of motor skills and the accidents during this developmental stage 28 . Nonetheless, other studies that include both dentitions refer that, contrary to what this investigation reports, the teeth suffering most trauma were the permanent maxillary central incisors 11,27 . The maxillary central incisors are the set of teeth most affected by trauma probably due to their earlier eruption, being predisposed to a longer exposure period 1 .…”

“…The majority of traumatic dental lesions occurred in the maxillary central incisors (primary and permanent) 1,[11][12][13][14][15][18][19][20][27][28] . However, the primary teeth, specifically the primary maxillary central incisors (right or left), were the most affected by trauma.…”

Traumatic Dental Injuries of Children in Aydın, Turkey: A Retrospective Study

“…In agreement with many investigations, it was found that the most common injured teeth were maxillary central incisors (1,8,(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)20,24). This might be associated with the position of these teeth, which exposes them to direct traumatic force.…”

“…Since the most frequently used study method is the classification of Andreasen et al (18), which is also adopted by the World Health Organization, we referred to it for our study. Several of the studies reported that boys faced with trauma more common than girls (8,(13)(14)(15)(16)19). It has been thought that boys had a more tendency towards contact sports and violent behaviors (13,14,20).…”

“…Although the increasing number of epidemiological studies on dental trauma in Turkey (6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16), there is limited information about prevalence of TDI and related risk factors in the west region of Turkey (17). Also, epidemiological data provides precious information to clinicians for preventive treatment plans.…”