Traumatic injuries to the incisors among patients attending pedodontic clinic of Baghdad dental teaching hospital

E. Saleem, Alan; F. Jabur, Saba; H. Al-Assadi, Aseel

	Traumatic injuries to the incisors among patients attending pedodontic clinic of Baghdad dental teaching hospital
Journal of baghdad college of dentistry
Article 1, Volume 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 91-95
Authors
Alan E. Saleem; Saba F. Jabur; Aseel H. Al-Assadi
Abstract
ABSTRACTBackground: Oral injuries are the fourth most common area of the body injuries among 7-30 years. The aim of thisstudy was to investigate the percentage, etiologic factors, results of dental trauma and the effect of age andgender on the trauma in anterior teeth (primary and permanent).Materials and methods: The sample of the present study include 62 patients (3-14 years old) who came to thePedodontic clinic in the Pedodontic and Preventive department at the college of Dentistry/Baghdad Universityseeking treatment of traumatized anterior teeth for esthetic or symptomatic reasons. The traumatized teeth wereexamined clinically according to Garcia-Gody classification. Time elapse before seeking treatment was recordedaccording to the criteria used by Al-Kassab study, while the over jet was recorded according to the coding criteriadescribed by Kinnas study.Result: In all age groups, the most frequent cause of trauma was found to be falls (61.3%) and the percent of thepatients who attended to the dental clinic in the first 2 days after trauma occurred (4.8%) was less than the percentof the patients who attended after one month (53.2%).Enamel and dentin fracture was the most frequently seen type of injury(35.1%) in which maxillary teeth represent(91.7%) ,while upper central incisors were the most affected teeth from dental trauma(46.4%).Conclusion: Most of the patients attending the dental clinic after one month which reveals that it is important toinform the public about dental trauma and the importance of time in these cases.Keywords: Dental, trauma, injuries, incisors. (J Bagh Coll Dentistry 2010;22(3):91-95).

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