trauma to primary teeth can lead to devastating sequels in development of permanent successors. the disturbance may range from enamel hypoplasia and/or hypo-calcification to arrest of dental bud development. crown dilaceration of permanent teeth is one of the consequences of trauma to deciduous teeth mainly due to intrusion or avulsion. this report presents a mandibular central incisor with dil...

Tooth avulsion is referred as complete displacement of tooth from the alveolar socket. It may involve both primary and permanent tooth as well. The management and outcome of such avulsion depends on speedy location of avulsed tooth and immediate replantation within the socket as the chances of periodontal ligament (PDL) cells survival decreases with increase in extra-oral dry time. The delayed ...

Tooth trauma continues to be a common problem that every dental surgeon must be prepared to assess and treat when necessary. One of the serious traumatic injuries is avulsion where one or more teeth come out of the alveolar socket. Tooth avulsion is an emergency for children and adolescents requires management approaches for the survival of avulsed teeth. The objective of this article is aimed ...

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...

this is a case of delayed replantation of avulsed maxillary central incisor after an extended dry extra-alveolar period. a 10-year-old boy presented with avulsed maxillary central incisor after a fall that resulted in dental trauma, occurring 18 hours earlier. treatment guidelines for avulsed mature permanent teeth with prolonged extraoral time were carried out for the teeth and the extraoral e...

BACKGROUND Studies evaluating dental assistants' knowledge about tooth avulsion and its management are rare. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the level of knowledge about tooth avulsion and its management among dental assistants in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and to assess its relationship with their educational background. METHODS A convenience sampling methodology was employed for sample ...

Tooth avulsion represents 0.5-16% of traumatic injuries. Avulsion of a pre-eruptive left permanent maxillary incisor in a 6-year-old boy is presented. The immature tooth was replanted after rinsing with saline following 10 min dry extra-oral time. This case report describes treatment and a 2-year follow-up of the tooth. During the follow-up period, continuation of root development, pulp revascu...

this paper reports multidisciplinary treatment of a dental trauma case to achieve a favorable prognosis. a healthy 14-year-old girl reported avulsion of teeth 11 and 21 which had occurred three months earlier. the initial treatment consisting of replantation with a semi-rigid splint was performed in hospital. at presentation, the patient was still using the semi-rigid splint. the clinical exami...