Review article

Injuries in the primary dentition

Elena Hristodulova Vidak ; Katedra za dječju stomatologiju, Studij dentalne medicine, Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci, Rijeka
Danko Bakarčić ; Katedra za dječju stomatologiju, Studij dentalne medicine, Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci, Rijeka
Sandra Hrvatin ; Katedra za dječju stomatologiju, Studij dentalne medicine, Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci, Rijeka
Nataša Ivančić Jokić ; Katedra za dječju stomatologiju, Studij dentalne medicine, Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci, Rijeka

Abstract

Due to their high incidence, traumatic injuries of primary teeth begin to pose a real and relatively common public health problem. Most dental traumas occur between the ages two and three because this is the period when motor coordination develops, children are increasingly begin to move independently, so falls are quite common. Girls experience approximately twice as less traumatic injuries of primary teeth than boys. An extensive literature review reveals that the timely and adequate dental care of primary teeth traumas is still much less often sought after when compared to permanent teeth traumas, and it is for this very reason important to talk about the traumas of primary teeth, especially because they do not only cause psychological and emotional distress , but can also lead to damage of developing permanent tooth, which can have lifelong consequences. In order to aviod this, it is essential to closely familiarise with different types of primary teeth traumas and timely treatment methods, so that even extensive traumas may have a positive outcome and prognosis.

Keywords

dental care; primary teeth; risk factors; tooth injuries

Hrčak ID:

152940

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/152940

Publication date:

1.3.2016.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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