title: A fourteen-year follow-up study of traumatic injuries to the permanent dentition.
abstract: The frequency of traumatic injuries to permanent teeth was studied in a Swiss population sample consisting of 262 children. The prevalence of injuries was 10.81 percent. The children (106 girls and 156 boys) ranged in age from 6-18 years; the boy/girl ratio was 1.47:1. The largest number of injuries for boys was found between the ages of 9 and 10 years. The teeth most commonly injured were the maxillary central incisors (80 percent), and the most frequent type of injury was an enamel-dentin fracture without pulp exposure (53 percent). After the emergency treatment, 42 percent of the patients were followed for study from as early as one month up to 9 years. The recall evaluations show that the prognosis was extremely favorable for enamel fractures only, while pulp necrosis developed in 11.8 percent of the enamel-dentin fractures. Fourteen percent of the traumatic injuries were luxation injuries and, of these, 46 percent required endodontic therapy.
authors.affiliation: Pedodontic Clinic, University of Geneva Dental School, Switzerland.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Kaba
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Maréchaux
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003743:Dental Enamel / Q000293:injuries; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000293:injuries; D003804:Dentin / Q000293:injuries; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology; D014084:Tooth Avulsion / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014082:Tooth Fractures / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000293:injuries