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Smartphones: The new risk factor for traumatic dental and facial injuries in children
Author(s) -
Tewari Nitesh,
Mathur Vijay P.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
dental traumatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.82
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1600-9657
pISSN - 1600-4469
DOI - 10.1111/edt.12507
Subject(s) - falling (accident) , dental trauma , medicine , risk factor , etiology , facial trauma , incidence (geometry) , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , dentistry , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , medical emergency , surgery , environmental health , pathology , physics , optics
Traumatic dental injuries (TDI) have emerged as a significant global public health concern. One major problem which is developing and yet unreported is the incidence of traumatic dental injuries and soft tissue facial trauma due to the inadvertent falling of smartphones on to the face during their use in rest time. This is related to the weight of the smartphones and their excessive use in all parts of the world. This paper aims to highlight this phenomenon as an emerging aetiological factor for dental and facial injuries in children.