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Traumatic dental injuries in children from private and public schools
Author(s) -
GarciaGodoy Franklin,
Dipres Firgia M.,
Lora Iris M.,
Vidal Estela D.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1986.tb01074.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dentistry , dental trauma , private school , garcia , enamel paint , injury prevention , poison control , family medicine , environmental health , humanities , philosophy , economics , demographic economics
Abstract The purpose of this retrospective study was to analyze, by age and sex, (a) the prevalence of traumatic injuries to permanent incisors and canines, and (b) their distribution according to type in children from private and public schools. The samples consisted of 1,200 children aged 7–16 yr old enrolled in 12 private and public schools from the city of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Garcia‐Godoy's classification for traumatic injuries was used. The prevalence of injuries in private schools was 21.3% and in public schools 16.3% ( P < 0.05). The higher prevalence in private schools is mainly due to the enamel fractures. All together, more boys injured their teeth than girls. The most common type of injury in both sexes in private and public schools was the enamel fracture followed by the enamel‐dentin fracture without pulp exposure.