A prospective study of dentoalveolar trauma at the Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo University Medical School.
OBJECTIVE
This prospective study evaluated the profile of patients with dentoalveolar trauma assisted at the emergency room of the Oral and Maxillofacial Trauma and Surgery Service at the Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo University Medical School (Brazil).


METHODS
A prospective study by a questionnaire applied during the first attendance of those patients, in a period of eight months.


RESULTS
The collected data were statistically analyzed. It was observed that 4.7% of the patients that sought treatment at the Service had sustained dentoalveolar trauma and among these 74% were male. The most affected individuals were children aged 0 to 5 years and fall was the most prevalent etiologic factor. Avulsion and coronal/crown-root fractures were the most common types of dentoalveolar traumatic injures. As the age increases, the most common etiologic factors are traffic accidents and physical assault.


CONCLUSIONS
The incidence of dentoalveolar trauma decreased with age and the main etiologic factors in adult patients were traffic accidents and physical assault.
Rezende
Fernanda Mendes do Carmo
FM
Oral and Maxillofacial Trauma and Surgery Service, Hospital das Clínicas, Medical School, São Paulo University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Gaujac
Cristiano
C
Rocha
André Caroli
AC
Peres
Maria Paula Siqueira de Melo
MP
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000293:injuries*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008446:Maxillofacial Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D018677:Tooth Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices