Abstract

LEON VALLE, Mirtha; ARADA OTERO, Josefina Arely; LOPEZ BLANCO, María de las Nieves  and  ARMAS CRUZ, Daniel. Dental traumas in children under 19 years old. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2012, vol.16, n.5, pp. 4-13. ISSN 1561-3194.

Introduction: dental-alveolar traumas are among the main dentistry emergencies due to the presence of pain, discomfort and sudden functional alteration making the patient to attend to the dentistry office. Objective: to determine the behavior of dental-alveolar traumas in children under 19 years old at "Antonio Briones Montoto" Dentistry Clinic in Pinar del Rio during September 2011 to February 2012. Material and Method: a descriptive and cross-sectional study. The target group matched up the sample, 191 children and adolescents younger than 19 years old attending to the dentistry office during the period mentioned. The variables taken were: age, sex, etiology of trauma and kind of lesion. Results: dental-alveolar traumas affected 29, 32% of patients, male sex prevailed along with ages between 12-14 years old. Non-complicated fracture of crown was observed in half of patients; followed by the enamel un-fracture. Conclusions: the main causes of dental-alveolar traumas were falls and sports practice.

Keywords : Tooth injuries [diagnosis]; Tooth fractures.

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