On the causes of traumatic dental injuries with special reference to sports accidents in a sample of Finnish children. A study of a clinical patient material.
Causes of traumatic dental injuries were studied in a sample of 321 Finnish children with injured permanent incisors. In girls the most common cause was falls (36.7%), and with boys sports (33.6%). Among the sports accidents, gymnastics dominated for girls and ice hockey for boys. Bicycling was also a markedly frequent cause of accidents for boys. The proportion of severe injuries was significantly higher in ice hockey and bicycling accidents than in other sports accidents.
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000293:injuries; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D014084:Tooth Avulsion / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D014082:Tooth Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*