Original scientific paper
Trauma of deciduous teet in preshool children in Zagreb
Ilija Škrinjarić
; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Traumas of 150 deciduous teeth were analysed in 90 preschool children from Zagreb (49 boys and 41 girls) between one and six years of age. The purpose of the investigation was to evaluate trauma according to age and ex, the prevalence of specific types of trauma, and the most frequent place and way of their occurrence. The investigation also determined the statistically significant difference in the frequency of specific types of traumas in deciduous and permanent dentition. The ratio of injuries in boys to girls was 1.2:1. Traumas usually occurred between 2.5 and 4 years of age with the curve peaking at three years. The upper central incisors were traumatized in 80% of the boys and 76.7% of girls. The most common injury was subluxation of the teeth (47.7 in boys and 43.3 in girls). Most of the accidents occurred at home (64%), 14% on the street, 10% in the park, 7% in courtyards and 5% in nurseries. A fall was the cause of traumas in 58%, a facial blow in 24%, a fall on steps in 12%, fall from bicycle in 4% and others in 2%. In both the boys and girls, tooth subluxation was significantly more frequent in deciduous dentition (P<0.01), whereas fracture of the dentin with or without open tooth pulp was significantly more frequent in permanent dentition (P<0.01). Since the majority of accidents occurred at home, it is essential that within the framework of the health education, parents be informed of measures for preventing traumas of deciduous teeth.
Keywords
dental trauma; pidemiology; deciduous teeth
Hrčak ID:
105674
URI
Publication date:
15.6.1982.
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