title: Dental traumatology: an orphan in pediatric dentistry?
abstract: Traumatic dental injuries are very frequent during childhood and adolescence. In fact, 2 out of 3 children have suffered a traumatic dental injury before adulthood. This fact links dental traumatology to pediatric dentistry. Unfortunately, this is not reflected by active participation by pediatric dentists in acute treatment, follow-up, and research. To examine the status of pediatric dentistry in relation to dental trauma, a publication analysis was undertaken in 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2007 about trauma articles published in 4 pediatric journals: journal of Dentistry for Children, Pediatric Dentistry, The journal of Pedodontics, and the International journal of Pediatric Dentistry. This study shows an average publication rate of trauma articles of approximately 3 percent of all articles published and with no improvement in later decennia. If only clinical studies are considered (leaving out case reports), the publication rate is less than 1 percent--completely out of proportion to the size of the problem dental trauma impose in children.
authors.affiliation: Resource Center for Rare Oral Diseases, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. jens.ove.andreasen@rh.regionh.dk
authors.forename: Jens Ove
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Andreasen
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lauridsen
authors.forename: Jette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Daugaard-Jensen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015706:Bibliometrics; D002648:Child; D018865:Dental Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D010377:Pediatric Dentistry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018677:Tooth Injuries / Q000628:therapy*