Abstract

BATISTA SANCHEZ, Tamara; TAMAYO AVILA, Juan Oniel; SOTO SEGUEO, Maritza  and  PAZ GIL, Liuva. Dental Trauma in Children and Adolescents. ccm [online]. 2016, vol.20, n.4, pp. 741-756. ISSN 1560-4381.

Dental and alveolar traumas are lesions that affects teeth and supporting tissue    they may range from the loss of the whole integrity of the tooth to the total or partial displacement of its anatomical position. Nowadays they are the second cause of dentist pediatric care after cavities. The searching for information was carried out in PubMed and INFOMED and EBSCO using the descriptor dental trauma. In International and national medical journals were also reviewed as well as books. The current and essential aspects of traumas were described taking into account prevalence, incidence, classification, etiology, predisposing factors, site, kind of lesion, prognosis and teeth alteration.

Keywords : dental trauma; etiological factors; children; teenagers.

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