Original scientific paper

Risk Factors of Traumatic Injuries to the Upper Incisors

Senka Meštrović orcid.org/0000-0003-3224-3579 ; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Dragana GABRIĆ PANDURIĆ orcid.org/0000-0003-0213-1170 ; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Sandra ANIĆ MILOŠEVIĆ orcid.org/0000-0003-2641-2364 ; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Dunja Ribarić ; Private dental practice, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of the upper incisors crown trauma and its relationship to orthodontic anomalies, as well as the influence of age, gender and occlusal characteristics. Material and Methods: In this study 580 subjects (302 boys and 278 girls) between 7 and 15 years were randomly selected from several primary schools in the Republic of Croatia. Following characteristics were examined: frequency of incisor trauma, gender, age, skeletal relationship, incisor exposure, interlabial distance, overjet and maximum vertical opening of the mandible. Results: crown trauma was found in the total of 12.4% frequency. It was more frequent in boys (17.8%) than in girls (6.5%). The most frequent type of trauma was a non-complicated trauma affecting only the enamel (80%). Conclusions: The trauma frequency was not related to the size of the maximum vertical opening of the mandible, to the type of malocclusion and the overjet. Subjects with greater size of interlabial distance and incisors exposure had shown more risk to upper incisor trauma.

Keywords

Tooth Fractures; Incisor; Dental Occlusion, Traumatic

Hrčak ID:

21176

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/21176

Publication date:

15.3.2008.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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