Article
A Retrospective Study of Dento-Alveolar Injuries of Children in Ankara, Turkey
Dental Traumatology
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1-2001
Publisher
Wiley
Original Item ID
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-9657.2001.170502.x
Disciplines
Abstract
Information concerning age and sex distribution, etiology, types, place and extent of trauma as well as seasonal variations, time difference between traumatic injury and seeking of dental care and number of traumatic injuries was recorded retrospectively from 150 patients. The study comprised 91 boys and 59 girls representing 246 dental injuries and 332 injured teeth (72 primary and 260 permanent teeth). The most common injuries were uncomplicated crown fracture (23.57%), subluxation (15.85%), avulsion (10.16%), lateral luxation (9.75%), complicated crown fracture and intrusion (8.4% and 8.94%, respectively). The occurrence of uncomplicated crown fractures was significantly higher (PP
Citation Information
Nil Altay and H. Cem Güngör. "A Retrospective Study of Dento-Alveolar Injuries of Children in Ankara, Turkey" Dental Traumatology (2001) ISSN: 1600-4469 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/hcem-gungor/6/
Accepted version. Dental Traumatology, Vol. 17, No. 5 (August 2001): 197-200. DOI. © 2001 Wiley. Used with permission.
H. Cem Güngör was affiliated with Hacettepe University at the time of publication.