Aim- Background-Trauma to the oral region occurs frequently and comprise 5% of all injuries. Among facial injuries, dental injuries are most common which avulsions occur in 1–16% cases. Avulsion is defined as total displacement tooth out its socket. An avulsed can usually be retained by replantation; however, prognosis depends on extraoralduration, condition tooth, patient’s age root develo...

This study investigates the frequency of injuries, in particular dental injuries, among ski jumpers and Nordic combined athletes. It also examines the level of knowledge regarding tooth protection and tooth rescue boxes in this population. Of the 465 sportswomen and sportsmen who took part in the study, 230 (62.5%) of the 368 ski jumpers and 56 (56.5%) of the 97 Nordic combined athletes had sus...

AIM The purpose of this study was to evaluate the awareness of sports as risk factor of dental injuries, the emergency management when a tooth avulsion occurs and the compliance about mouthguards. MATERIALS AND METHODS Two hundred children and youngsters 8- to 15-year-old (147 boys and 53 girls) attending Sports Societies in Isernia, a town in Southern Italy, participated to the investigation...

Trauma to the permanent dentition is common in children and adolescents. Almost two-third of these traumas involve a single anterior tooth. However, multiple dental injuries are often seen in high-velocity accident or sport related fall. These injuries can bring about serious damage to the tooth supporting structures and subsequent complications if inadequately treated. The present case highlig...

Motor vehicle airbag technology is directed at the reduction of injury to drivers and passengers however a number of researchers have reported cases of injuries caused by airbags. Injuries to tooth surfaces, particularly tooth wear following the deployment of motor vehicle airbags, have never been studied. A review of the literature and clinical experience does not suggest tooth enamel abrasion...

A Traumatic dental injuries most often occur in childhood and early adolescence. The most serious of these injuries is complete tooth avulsion. The incidence of avulsion is greatest for the maxillary central incisors and usually occurs when they are erupting between the ages of 7 and 10 years. A critical decision for the dentist at this time is whether to replant the avulsed tooth. There are ma...

Dilaceration of the permanent tooth usually is a consequence of traumatic injuries to the primary teeth. Although it may appear anywhere in the long axis of the tooth, i.e., crown, cementoenamel junction, or root, most often the root is involved. However, crown dilaceration is a rare condition representing 3% of the total injuries. Maxillary incisors are more susceptible to such injury and affe...

Childhood has been recognized as high-risk period for dental injuries and intrusion is one of the most common types of trauma to primary dentition. These injuries require the dentist to carefully examine not only the damaged tooth but possible sequelae to the permanent tooth germ and the overall health of the child. The present case report describes the treatment of a 3 years old child with com...

Aim: To determine the type and frequency of sequelae in permanent teeth as a result traumatic dental injuries primary pediatric patients attended to at Hospital Base Valdivia, between 2007 2012. Material Methods: A descriptive study was conducted. The medical records who were affected by went Sub-department Dentistry Chile, selected according inclusion exclusion criteria. recorded data was: age...