A retrospective study of traumatic dental injuries in children treated at a pediatric dental emergency

Authors

  • Bianca Scopel Costa Programa de Pós-Graduação em Odontologia - Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba - Universidade Estadual de Campinas
  • Marly Almeida Saleme do Valle
  • Manoelito Ferreira Silva Junior Mestrando em Odontologia (Saúde Coletiva) - Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba - Universidade Estadual de Campinas
  • Ana Paula Martins Gomes
  • Lilian Citty Sarmento
  • Ana Maria Martins Gomes

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-6523.2015.4.19831

Keywords:

Epidemiology, Dental trauma, Primary dentition

Abstract

Objective: To determine the prevalence of traumatic dental injury (TDI) and relate it to the age and gender of patients attended at the pediatric dental emergency unit of the Universidade Federal de Espírito Santo, Vitória, Espírito Santo.
Methodology: A cross-sectional observational analytic study was undertaken by collecting data from the medical records of 0-12 year-old patients, treated between 03/2003 and 11/2010. The variables analysed consisted of age, gender, number and teeth most affected, and sequelae. Data were tabulated using Excel 2007 and statistical analysis was performed using the Chi-square test.
Results: A total of 596 medical records was analyzed, of which 124 contained reports of TDI. The greatest prevalence of TDI occurred in male children (63.7%) and in the 5 year-old age group (21%). The teeth most affected were the upper central incisors (65.8%) with 1-2 teeth involved (75.8%). In terms of sequelae, subluxation (30%) was the most prevalent. The results of the bivariate analysis were significant when age and type of sequela were compared.
Conclusion: A relationship was found between the type of sequela caused by TDI and the child’s age at the time of the accident but not with their gender. 

Author Biographies

Bianca Scopel Costa, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Odontologia - Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba - Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Social Dentisty

Manoelito Ferreira Silva Junior, Mestrando em Odontologia (Saúde Coletiva) - Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba - Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Odontologia Social

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2015-09-01

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Vol. 30 No. 4 (2015)

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