title: Dental trauma: 1. General history, examination and management of trauma to the primary dentition.
abstract: The dental practitioner who has to examine a child who has suffered dental trauma also has to manage the parents, who are often as upset as the patient. This paper, the first in a short series of management of various types of dental trauma, presents the steps necessary to formulate a treatment plan for such patients in a logical, step-by-step sequence.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Paediatric Dentistry, University of Manchester Dental Hospital.
authors.forename: I C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Mackie
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Blinkhorn
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019140:Dental Care for Children / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000293:injuries; D007223:Infant; D008487:Medical History Taking; D014084:Tooth Avulsion / Q000628:therapy; D014082:Tooth Fractures / Q000628:therapy; D018677:Tooth Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000293:injuries*