BACKGROUND The main goal of this research is to try and understand influence of psychological and social factors in children with tendencies to repeat tooth trauma. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Research included 147 patients, children of preschool and school age (88 boys and 59 girls). In the research patients were divided in two age groups: 5-8 and 9-12 years. In both groups there were 49 patients w...

conclusions the results of the current study showed that school teachers’ lacked knowledge regarding dental trauma and especially tooth avulsion. results a total of 269 teachers, 41.6% male and 58.4% female, answered the questionnaire. the results showed that 15.2 % of the teachers had an experience of avulsed tooth at school, all of them knew the importance of emergency management and 36.4% wo...

BACKGROUND Dental traumas are common among children and adolescents in many societies posing health and social problems. The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis on prevalence, etiology, types, and other epidemiologic aspects of dental trauma in children and adolescents (0-18 years old). METHODS In this systematic meta-analytical review, data were collected s...

the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of an educational poster on elementary school health teachers' knowledge about emergency management of traumatic dental injuries.before poster presentation, a questionnaire was distributed to 40 health teachers (30 in the study group and 10 in the control group). one month after poster distribution, the subjects were re-evaluated in both grou...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to assess parents' recognition of dental trauma in their children. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, with 519 randomly selected children between 1 and 3 years of age. The parents answered questions on the occurrence of previous dental trauma, caregiver's schooling and the impact of dental trauma on activities a...

introduction: the aim of this descriptive cross-sectional study was to assess the general dental practitioners (gdps)’s knowledge regarding the emergency management of traumatic dental injuries (tdi) in isfahan, iran. methods and materials: in this study a two-part questionnaire consisting of 14 questions was distributed among 241 gdps. part 1 included seven questions focusing on personal and p...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the level of knowledge and attitude of Saudi dental students in the management of dental trauma in children. MATERIALS AND METHODS A self-administered questionnaire comprising 17 close-ended questions was used in this survey. The questions were divided into three parts including: Personal and professional profile; knowledge assessment; attitude to...

introduction: traumatic dental injuries (tdi) in children and adolescents are a common dental health problem and the prevalence of these injuries has increased during the past few decades. the aim of this paper was to evaluate the data of the patients with dental trauma in permanent teeth looking for treatment in the dental trauma clinic in the north-east of iran over 4 years. methods: during t...

INTRODUCTION Alternatives for monitoring dental trauma in epidemiological surveys may be useful, as data collection of epidemiological investigation can be jeopardized due to several conditions. AIM To investigate the validity of standard digital photographs to determine the occurrence of anterior dental trauma compared to the clinical examination in an epidemiological survey. METHODS Parti...