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Incidence of dental trauma associated with facial trauma in Brazil: a 1‐year evaluation
Author(s) -
Da Silva Alessandro Costa,
Passeri Luis Augusto,
Mazzonetto Renato,
De Moraes Márcio,
Moreira Roger William Fernandes
Publication year - 2004
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/j.1600-4469.2004.00212.x
Subject(s) - facial trauma , dental trauma , medicine , incidence (geometry) , dentistry , epidemiology , emergency medicine , surgery , physics , optics
– Dental trauma occurs frequently in young people, and mostly occurs in conjunction with facial trauma. In the literature, there are still few reports relating dental trauma, facial trauma, and soft‐tissue injuries. This research aimed to evaluate: (i) the overall incidence of dental trauma in 340 patients who presented with facial trauma over a 1‐year‐period, (ii) the epidemiology of these related diseases, and (iii) the most common dental trauma when a facial trauma was present. Of all facial trauma, 15.29% presented dental trauma, of which luxations and avulsions were the most frequent injuries (40.30% each), occurring mainly on weekends (38.46%) and in October (15.38%), followed by March and June (13.46% each). The sex ratio presented the proportion of 3.3:1 (M:F). Trauma occurred mainly in the second decade (44.23%). These results highlight the high incidence of dental and facial trauma, and suggest the importance of the adoption of appropriate prevention protocols and effective therapeutic methods.