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- Title
Prevalência de Injúrias Traumaticas em Crianças Assistidas na Clinica Odontológica Infantil da Universidade Federal do Piauí, Brasil.
- Authors
de Fátima Almeida de Deus Moura, Lúcia; Ferreira, Danyege Lima Araújo; de Melo, Cristiane Pinheiro; Sady, Maria Cristina Lago Melo; de Moura, Marcoeli Silva; Mendes, Regina Ferraz; de Moura, Wagner Leal
- Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the prevalence and clinical characteristics of dentoalveolar traumatic injuries in children treated at the Pediatric Dentistry Clinic of the Federal University of Piauí (UFPI), Brazil. Method: This was a retrospective epidemiological study based on the review of the clinical charts of patients aged 8 to 168 months old treated at the Pediatric Dentistry Clinic between March 1996 and May 2006. A total of 2,447 clinical charts were reviewed and 260 (10.6%) of them containing information on dentoalveolar trauma were retrieved. Data referring to age, gender, type of injury, most frequently affected teeth and dental developmental stage (type of dentition) were collected. The patients were classified according to age and gender. Statistical analysis was performed using the chi-square test at 5% significance level. Results: There were no statistically significant difference between the number and type of dentoalveolar trauma relative to age and gender (p=0.848). Among the traumatic injuries, 54 (21%) were luxations, 111 (42%) were crown fractures and 44 (17%) were not specified. There were 51 (20%) reports of trauma associated to tooth discolorations. The most prevalent types of luxations were dental avulsions (42.6%), followed by intrusions (24%), lateral displacements (20%) and extrusions (9%). As much as 64.4% of the traumatic injuries occurred in patients in the primary dentition, and the maxillary central incisors were affected in 78% of the cases. Conclusion: The prevalence of dentoalveolar trauma was 10.6%. Crown fractures were the most common type of trauma in both dentitions and the maxillary central incisors were the most frequently affected teeth. No influence of age and gender was observed in relation to the occurrence of dentoalveolar trauma.
- Subjects
DENTAL care; CHILD care; PEDIATRIC physiology; PEDIATRIC dentistry; CHILDREN'S injuries; CHI-squared test
- Publication
Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e Clinica Integrada, 2008, Vol 8, Issue 3, p341
- ISSN
1519-0501
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4034/1519.0501.2008.0083.0015