Horses can acquire cheek teeth (CT) fractures through many mechanisms, including external trauma, e.g. as a result of kicks, biting inanimate objects and crib biting. These traumatic fractures mainly occur in the anatomically more susceptible rostral mandibular CT. Fractures to CT can also be caused by iatrogenic trauma during dental treatments, such as cutting tall CT overgrowths with dental “...

Tooth trauma has been and continues to be a common occurrence that every dental professional must be prepared to assess and treat when necessary. It has no prescriptive method for occurring, possesses no significant predictable pattern of intensity or extensiveness and has the uncanny knack for occurring at times when dentists are least prepared or when the dental office is closed. Dental traum...

introduction: the aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the prevalence and etiology of traumatic dental injuries (tdi) in school children of the northeast of iran. the type of involved teeth, the place of injury and treatment quality as well as the relationship between tdi and anatomic predisposing factors such as overjet and lip coverage were evaluated. methods and materials: a to...

Healing subsequent to dental trauma is known to be very complex, a result explained by the variability of the types of dental trauma (six luxations, nine fracture types, and their combinations). On top of that, at least 16 different cellular systems get involved in more severe trauma types each of them with a different potential for healing with repair, i.e. (re-establishment of tissue continui...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to analyze traumatic dental injuries in children visiting the dental hospital emergency department in Samsun of Turkey, in the period from 2007 to 2011. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data of age, gender, causes of dental trauma, injured teeth, type of dental injuries, the application period, the dental treatments, and traumatic dental injuries according to the ...

BACKGROUND Traumatic dental injury (TDI) in children and adolescents has become one of the most serious dental public health problems. Despite such a high prevalence of dental trauma, very less attention has been paid to TDI, its etiology, and prevention. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of anterior tooth traumatic dental injuries in 12-15-year-old school children of Panchkula district,...

BACKGROUND Various aspects of dental trauma have been studied worldwide. Most of these were among children and adolescents. However, studies involving the adult population with traumatized anterior teeth are few. OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to report the pattern of trauma to anterior and posterior teeth among the late adolescent and adult patients seen at the Dental Centre, U...

Introduction: Contact sports may lead to dental injures, which may often be prevented by using mouthguards. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of traumatic dental injuries (TDI) in professional contact sport athletes and to determine the awareness regarding use of mouthguards in this group. Methods: A questionnaire containing a number of  questions regarding the demographi...

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the level of theoretical and practical knowledge fourth- fifth-year dental students in examination maxillofacial trauma patients. Methods: A questionnaire consisting 20 questions measured on a Likert scale, was designed about trauma. The survey were transferred Google Forms. delivered electronically through Turkish Dental Association. Survey responses su...