Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Journal of International Dental and Medical Research, cilt.3, sa.3, ss.126-132, 2010 (Scopus)
The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence and etiology of dental trauma in children aged 2-15 in the Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey. The study evaluated 226 patients (139 boys, 87girls) with 346 traumatized teeth who were referred to the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the Faculty of Dentistry of Karadeniz Technical University in Trabzon, Turkey over a one-year period. Trauma was found to occur most frequently in girls aged 8 years and boys aged 10 years. The majority of injured teeth were permanent teeth (77.2%). Most trauma occurred in the maxillary arch (89.6%), with the maxillary central incisors the most affected tooth in both primary (69.6%) and permanent (83.5%) dentition. Single-tooth injury was predominant in all age groups (64.2%). Children with an overjet greater than 3 mm accounted for a greater percentage of dental injuries (73.9%) than those with an overjet less than 3 mm, but the difference between the two groups was not statistically significant. Moreover, overjet was not found to have a significant effect on the number of teeth involved in a traumatic dental injury. The most common cause of dental trauma was 'falls' (48.7%). The most frequent type of injury was enamel-dentin crown fracture without pulpal exposure in permanent dentition (38.8%) and lateral luxation in primary dentition (21.0%). Families and health-care systems need to provide safe and appropriate first-aid treatment for traumatic dental injuries, with follow-up treatment by dental-health providers.