title: Comparative investigation of the traumatic injuries' prevalence of primary and permanent incisors at children aged 3 to 14.
abstract: Traumatic injures distribution of children's teeth is determined of different factors at different ages: beginning to walk, games, sport, orthodontic anomalies. The aim of this investigation is to compare tooth traumatic injures distribution of temporary and permanent incisors at children aged 3 to 14. Object of investigation are 1825 children aged 3 to 14 from the town of Plovdiv. A clinical dental examination has been carried out and had been registrated: expulsio dentis, fractura coronae dentis involving only the enamel, involving and the dentin, exposing the pulp. There also has been pointed out if the fracture is treated or not. The data received has been statistically processed. The results show that tooth traumatic injures distribution at primary teeth is 31-40 per cent of boys and 16-30 per cent of girls and at permanent teeth is 12-33 per cent of boys and 4-19 per cent of girls. There is a statistical significance of differences between tooth traumatic injures of primary and permanent incisors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
authors.forename: Anni B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Belcheva
authors.forename: Emilia L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Ilieva
authors.forename: Vania Kr
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Veleganova
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002031:Bulgaria / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019229:Dentition, Permanent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018677:Tooth Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000293:injuries*; D014505:Urban Population