Dental injuries are probably the most common orofacial injuries sustained during sports and play. Intrusion or intrusive luxations occur when the teeth are driven into the alveolus by an axially directed impact. This article describes the clinical case of an 8-year-old patient who suffered complete intrusive luxation of an immature permanent central incisor following an accident. An attempt at ...

conclusions the results of the current study showed that school teachers’ lacked knowledge regarding dental trauma and especially tooth avulsion. results a total of 269 teachers, 41.6% male and 58.4% female, answered the questionnaire. the results showed that 15.2 % of the teachers had an experience of avulsed tooth at school, all of them knew the importance of emergency management and 36.4% wo...

Analysis of bite marks plays an important role in personal identification in forensic casework. Bite marks can be recorded in violent crimes such as sexual offences, homicides, child abuse cases, and during sports events. The arrangement, size and alignment of human teeth are individualistic to each person. Teeth, acting as tools leave recognizable marks depending on tooth arrangement, malocclu...

Dento-alveolar traumas are one of the most frequent injuries to teeth, mainly affecting the upper incisors due to their exposed position in the dental arch. In such cases, esthetics, function and phonetics of anterior teeth may be compromised. Furthermore, when there is involvement of the biological width, there is often a poor prognosis. This case report describes the multidisciplinary approac...

OBJECTIVES This study investigated patients with oral and maxillofacial lacerations who visited the emergency room over a three-year period in an effort to determine the optimal treatment for these injuries. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study examined 1,742 patients with oral and maxillofacial lacerations with 2,014 different laceration locations who visited the emergency room of Pusan National...

A comprehensive review of 487 emergency dental trauma visits seen at a children's hospital during a 3-year period was performed to investigate aspects of trauma care that have not been previously reported. Patient characteristics, diagnoses, and injury treatment were analyzed. General patient characteristics and diagnoses were consistent with other studies. Young children were often injured in ...

Introduction: Traumatic tooth injuries range in severity from minor fractures of the enamel to whole displacement (avulsion) brought on by a forceful blow tooth's supporting components. The aim this study is determine prevalence fracture anterior teeth children aged between 8 - 15 years, different villages Villupuram district. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional epidemiological has adop...

The frequency of head, face, mouth, and neck injuries due to child maltreatment was investigated in a review of 1248 cases on file in the pediatrics office at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from January, 1985, to December, 1989. There were 485 boys (38.8%) and 763 girls (61.2%) examined. Physical abuse cases (41.0%) outnumbered sexual abuse (35.4%) and neglect episode...

The aim of the present study was to describe the frequency of dental injuries over a 10-year period, where a mouthguard was used in approximately 10% of intubation cases or endoscopying. The types of injury are presented and the use of different types of mouthguard is discussed. Among 120,086 procedures involving anaesthesia carried out in the period 1983-1992 at Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen...

OBJECTIVE To provide athletic trainers, health care professionals, and all those responsible for the care of athletes with clinical recommendations for preventing and managing sport-related dental and oral injuries. BACKGROUND Participation in competitive sports continues to grow at both the interscholastic and intercollegiate levels. Therefore, exposure to, and the incidence of athletic-rela...