Risk factors for major injuries to the face and teeth.
Hyperactivity in children was significantly associated with the occurrence of major injuries affecting the face and/or teeth. Other important risk factors included being male, from lower social class and single-parent households, and scoring high for conduct disorder. The behavioural risk factors were significantly more common in children living in families receiving benefits, lower social classes and non-nuclear families.
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Ratilal
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Department of Community Oral Health, Oral Health Centre, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X08, Mitchells Plain, 7785, South Africa.
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019955:Conduct Disorder / Q000150:complications; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D015406:Single Parent; D012923:Social Class; D018677:Tooth Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology