title: [Dentoalveolar trauma in children: retrospective study of 1,444 injuries].
abstract: This study comprises an analysis of traumatic dental injuries in children, from cases treated at the dental unit of the National Institute of Pediatrics over a period of seven years; a total of 1,444 traumatic injuries were seen in 809 children. Data under study included; type, frequency and site of injury, sex and age of patients, maxilla more often predisposed, dentition most affected by trauma and, finally, time of the year in which more cases occurred.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Pediatria.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Llarena del Rosario
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Acosta Alfaro
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008446:Maxillofacial Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012621:Seasons; D014084:Tooth Avulsion / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014082:Tooth Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018677:Tooth Injuries; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000293:injuries