Traumatic injuries of anterior teeth in first year secondary school children in Benin-City, Nigeria.
As part of a larger epidemiological survey, children in the first year class of two secondary schools in Benin-City, Nigeria were examined and found to have a very high prevalence (19.06%) of traumatic injury to anterior teeth. The male to female ratio was 1.6:1. The most frequent injury was loss of enamel only followed by loss of enamel and dentine; and the injury was more common in the maxilla than in the mandible.
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School of Dentistry, University of Benin, Benin-City, Nigeria.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D014084:Tooth Avulsion / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014082:Tooth Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology*