tooth injuries

..5% and 5% of the injured teeth. Most of the injuries occurred either at home (38%) or at kindergarten (32%). Sixty-two percentage were falling accidents often sustained during children's play, and 25% were pure playing accidents...

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..Our results suggest that some benefit can be obtained for the improvement of the oral health of children living in deprived areas if they attend supportive schools...

..To estimate the incidence of traumatic dental injuries (TDI) and determining risk factors in adolescents in Luzerna, Brazil, over a period of three years...

..A notable difference was observed regarding the incidence of TDI between the case and control groups. Individuals with previous dental trauma had greater chances of developing develop further dental trauma in a 2-year follow-up...

..001) was shown between increased caries experience and dental injuries. This should focus attention on possible common-risk factors such as health-related behavioral problems that may affect both dental disease and dental injuries...

..It can be concluded that there is a great treatment need reflecting neglect of TDI treatment. The main causes of TDI were collisions and physical leisure activities...

..Rank correlation indicated that the relationship between components' scores and dental trauma was statistically significant. The PCA scores explained 42% of the variance for dental trauma...

..The results show that in Turkey, the use of mouthguards has not become widespread in sports. It can be concluded that regular mouthguard use in sports should be encouraged in Turkey...

..It was concluded that the indirect cost was a considerably large proportion (39%) of the total cost. More specialists in paediatric dentistry are needed to improve access to care locally and thus reducing the indirect travelling cost...

..This article will review reasons athletes prefer not to wear mouthguards and advantages of a custom-made mouthguard, as well as describe a process to fabricate a custom-made mouthguard...

..This method of surgical repositioning is a viable alternative to the traditional approach of extraction or surgical exposure followed by orthodontic traction for a developing maxillary permanent central incisor in a horizontal position...

..The purpose of this paper is to report a developmental disturbance of a permanent right maxillary lateral incisor in a 12-year-old girl with a history of trauma at an early age...

..The knowledge regarding protective devices was found to be minimal. Majority of the children were aware of mouthguards but their usage was nil...

..A possible explanation for that could be the softer bone surrounding the tooth, whereby trauma to the periodontium might be diminished...

..5%), and no pain to percussion (66%) was reasonably high, whereas a radiographic feature such as the obliteration of the periodontal ligament space appeared to be only a partly reliable diagnostic tool (52%)...

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..Furthermore, parents and educators should be advised about prevention of traumatic injuries and actions to be taken in case of an accident...

..The use of protective devices such as mouthguards during participation in contact sports may be effective in reducing the incidence or severity of dental injuries...

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..These clinical findings support the use of osteoconductive agents in the field of Paediatric Dentistry in well-defined indications...

..CONCLUSION: The most common TDI events were physical leisure activities, most TDI occurred at home, and the actions of another person were an important factor in relation to the occurrence of TDI...

..Use of properly fitted, custom-fabricated athletic mouth guards for the prevention of dental injuries is recommended strongly, as is the inclusion of a dentist on the sports medicine team roster...

..The management of this tooth included caries removal and reduction of the cusp. Pulp-capping with calcium hydroxide was required because of the presence of pulp horn extensions in the talon cusp...

..If this is not feasible the tooth should be stored in milk, saliva (oral cavity) or physiologic saline until replanted. Primary teeth are not replanted...

..The medical expert should provide advice and counselling both for the patient and the mandating authority. In this article, iatrogenic dental accidents occurring during anesthesia or extraction will not be discussed...

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..It is advisable to keep these patients under observation post-trauma and to consult an orthodontist at an early stage to prevent unfavorable sequelae. Presented here is a typical case of dilaceration...

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..The most frequent injury was lip contusion with four cases and the sport that experienced more injuries was basketball with three cases...

..With the decrease in dental caries prevalence, public health should place emphasis on other dental diseases. Dental trauma is an irreversible pathology which after occurrence is characterized by life-long debilitating effects...

..Safe sports participation should be the goal of any sports program and the dental profession should enthusiastically work to achieve this goal in every community...

..Doctors and dentists need to recommend a more intensive education of students in sports medicine and sports dentistry, and to increase their willingness to become a team dentist...

..The incidence of dental trauma in contact sports shows that the awareness and use of mouthguards must be intensified. Mouthguard use should be made compulsory, especially in those sports with high risk for dental trauma...

..Biting hard material was the most common activity leading to TDI. CONCLUSION: Traumatic dental injuries are common and are an important dental public health problem in Thailand...

..A 10-year follow-up clinical and radiographic examination showed an asymptomatic tooth with osseous healing proceeding...

..Overall, males significantly outnumbered females by approximately 1.8:1.0. The majority of injuries in the deciduous dentition were to periodontal tissues. In the secondary dentition most injuries were to hard dental tissue and pulp...

..These treatment guidelines are based on very limited evidence from the literature and should be revised as soon as more evidence about the effect of treatment delay becomes available...

..This case describes a very rare complication of intrusion of primary incisors and emphasizes the importance of follow up until eruption of the corresponding permanent teeth...

..None of transplanted teeth developed replacement resorption or ankylosis. In this 27-month follow-up period, the survival rate was 100%, regarding aesthetics, function, clinical appearance, and radiographic image of alveolar process...

..The purpose of the study was to assess the contribution of a lateral extraoral radiograph for diagnosing the relation between the root of intruded maxillary primary incisors and their permanent successors...

..The results of this research should further contribute to the establishment of guidelines for safer mouthguards...

..This was to assess causes of maxillofacial trauma using a retrospective study in Paraiba, Brazil...

..The treatment not only allowed for complete healing of the subluxated incisor without being exposed to further trauma, but also for spontaneous eruption of the tooth and closure of the existing open-bite...

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..Treatment time was not dependent on where the clinic was located or on gender of the injured child. Different diagnoses could explain 33% of the variation in treatment time in the permanent dentition...

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..The correct diagnosis of dental injuries is more important for eliminating the occurrence of complications...

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..A total of 1287 patients were seen for dental injuries with 3473 tooth injuries. The mean age was 17.48 +/- 13...

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..It should be a combined duty of dentists and sports physicians and of the coaches to encourage the use of protective devices during training and games...

..Where avulsions have occurred, the old adage "when in doubt, leave it out" is still perhaps the most reliable advice...

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..Different oral protection devices will be illustrated, and among them the types more suitable for the investigated age group...

..To assess the prevalence and related factors of incisor trauma among 12-year-old Jordanian schoolchildren...

..The 173 permanent tooth injuries were mostly luxations (62%) or avulsions (20%), with only a few fractures of the alveolar bone (5%) or tooth ..

..Prosthodontic and orthodontic procedures have been described for the treatment of patients with traumatic loss of teeth...

..Pain control, the dentist's ability to cope with the child's anxiety, and follow-up instructions in oral hygiene techniques will allow many primary teeth that are currently lost at the time of injury to be saved...

..Furthermore, improving the knowledge of dental practitioners through continuing education would also help in minimizing sequelae of traumatic dental injuries...

..Luxation injuries occurred in 338 (53%) teeth, fractures accounted for 270 tooth injuries (42%), and only 35 (5%) were lost at the place of the accident...

..To avoid these types of injuries, users should be carefully instructed, and attention should be paid to the use of accurately guarded saws and appropriate safety equipment...

Traumatic tooth injuries involve function and aesthetics and cause damage that range from minimal enamel loss to complex fractures involving the pulp tissue and even loss of the tooth crown...

b>Tooth injuries are frequently associated with sports injuries. Most of them could be minimized or prevented by the use of a mouthguard...

..Prevention of tooth injuries is very important, as they may result even in tooth loss...

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..Over 75% of such episodes occurred in persons under 15 yr of age. Over 60% of the tooth injuries in such episodes could be crudely classified into the following types by descending rank order: avulsed-, ..

..Baseball is a very popular team sport in the United States, but there has been concern with the number of injuries and fatalities...

..001), loss of consciousness (P < 0.001), other teeth or tooth injuries (P < 0.05), extra-alveolar mediums (P < 0.01), total extra-alveolar time (P < 0...

..Lack of access could extend the average transport time by 180% (95% CI, 80-335) for patients and 163% (95% CI, 67-317) for their companions in cases of injuries to primary teeth...

..The aim of this systematic review was to investigate the topics in orthodontics that currently provide the best evidence, as documented by meta-analyses, by critically evaluating and discussing the methodologies used in these studies...

..The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of tooth crown fractures affecting primary incisors of 3-year-old Andalusian children...

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..A new scoring system will now enable more precise and complete diagnosis of tooth injuries. In an initial retrospective investigation, 100 traumatised teeth were classified according to the WHO and the ..

Calcific metamorphosis is seen commonly in the dental pulp after traumatic tooth injuries and is characterized by deposition of hard tissue within the root canal space...

..HA-BIOCER preparation brings about smoothing and lighting of hypoplastic foci, improves aesthetic appearance and is not toxic to patients...

Traumatic tooth injuries are common in children. When permanent teeth are involved, it can be a challenge to save these teeth...

..Male fighters (N = 280) were interviewed. Orofacial injuries were reported by 76 (27.1%) participants, with tooth injuries as the most common: 40 (52.6%) suffered from dental fracture and 6 (7.9%) from subluxation/luxation...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the type and prevalence of primary tooth injuries, as well as their treatment and treatment outcomes, among children referred to the Department of Pedodontics at the Ankara University Faculty ..

..Moreover, the study was to evaluate the association between the clinical symptoms observed on farm and post mortem findings...

..Finally, the adhesive principle using a retro-seal with composite after apicoectomy significantly increases the healing rate and healing mode...

..Continuing professional development programmes may be a means of improving this deficient knowledge base...

..59 pool attendants were in possession of the poster on dental first aid. Overall, it was shown that pool attendants who had a dental first-aid kit and a dental first aid poster gave better answers on how to handle tooth trauma...

..05) in the 10-12 years age group than other age groups. Lateral luxation and intrusion were significantly higher in the 1-6 and 7-9 years age groups (P<0.05, respectively)...

..The major etiological factor is falls that affected more than one tooth. Re-occurrence of trauma is fairly common...

..Local anaesthetic agents without added adrenalin should be chosen (e.g., Mepivacain and Articain). There are case reports of reflex epileptic seizures caused by (prolonged) brushing of teeth...

..We conducted a study to assess the efficacy of intraoral treatment of mandibular fractures using a 2.0-mm miniplate and 2 weeks of maxillomandibular fixation (MMF)...

..It also completely removed the chance of instrument fracture and as a result of this trial, the department of child dental health has now adopted the use of this injectable system...

..The probability of sustaining maxillofacial trauma at work is correlated to the nature of the occupation. Individuals (mostly men) using tools or machines at work are exposed to a much higher risk of work-related maxillofacial trauma...

..To clarify the relations of the severity of oral and maxillofacial injuries from traffic accidents (TAs) to seating position and the use of restraint systems...

..To describe the type and frequency of oral and dental conditions presenting to medical practitioners in Trinidad and Tobago, type of management, and interest in continuing education in oral diseases...

..Tooth 11 was extracted and a functional removable space maintainer was prepared. At the age of 17, the patient received an anterior fixed prosthesis for re-establishment of the esthetics, phonetics and deglutition...

..To investigate the reasons for exodontia in children attending a general dental practice in Uselu, Edo State...

Military fighters are at high risk for oral/tooth injuries. Our aim was to evaluate the knowledge and willingness to use preventive measures among this population to reduce oral trauma...

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..The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of dental injury and inflammation on microglia in the trigeminal subnucleus caudalis (Vc)...

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..5%), followed by traffic accidents (24.1%), collisions with people or inanimate objects (16.0%) and falls (9.1%). In conclusion, traumatic dental injury may pose a serious dental public health problem...

..Dentoalveolar injuries should be considered an emergency situation because successful management of the injury requires proper diagnosis and treatment within a limited time to achieve better outcomes...

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..Our goal is to understand neuroinflammatory interactions in inflamed teeth in order to develop better treatments for dental pain. ..

..The long-range goal is to correlate these studies with functional studies to provide greater insight into the mechanisms of dental sensitivity and pain...

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..These studies will help explain the complex sensory symptoms exhibited by patients with PD and may suggest new treatment strategies to alleviate such pain. ..

..The resulting system, based on the surgical consultants evaluations and scores, will be used in a Phase 2 multicenter controlled clinical evaluation of MIS. ..

..As a secondary aim, we intend to identify dietary and oral hygiene habits, dental experience and parental oral health attitudes that would be amenable to intervention as part of our future case management model. ..

..These issues will grow in importance with the aging of the population, as elderly individuals, in general, are more likely to visit a physician than a dentist. ..

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..In addition, we hypothesize that CSHCN will require relatively more restorative dental care and thus have higher dental expenditures per dental visit and overall than children without special needs. ..

..We will also examine quality performance measures as established by the NCQA expert panel. ..

..It is hoped that this project will serve as a model to other scientists and teachers and to encourage them to develop Internet resources in their own areas of expertise for use in the classroom. ..

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..An Internet version of the Neuroscience Resource will continue to be available. An on-line survey and analysis of daily use log files will determine how the Internet Neuroscience Resource is utilized. ..

..In addition, this career development award is expected to provide to Dr. Lewis the didactic and experiential training necessary to become an independent clinical investigator focusing on pediatric and dental health services research. ..

..The instrument will be pretested on poor White, Black, Hispanic subjects (both individuals who sought relief from dentists and those who did not) who have experienced toothache pain during the preceding six months. ..

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