title: Traumatic dental injuries in an urban adolescent population in Tirana, Albania.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to gather information about traumatic dental injuries (TDI) in an urban adolescent Albanian population.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional survey was carried out to acquire epidemiological data about TDI in the permanent incisors of Albanian adolescents. Participants (n = 2789) were adolescents of both genders, aged 16-18 years, attending public high schools in Tirana.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The occurrence of TDI in the incisors ranged from 8.9% of 16-year-olds to 10.5% of 18-year-olds. A greater proportion of boys (12.4%) had TDI compared with girls (7.7). The most commonly reported causes were collisions (27.5%) followed by physical leisure activities and sports (mainly cycling and swimming/diving) (14.1%) and falls (13.4%). Of the adolescents affected by TDI, 32% had unmet treatment need because of no or inadequate treatment. Adolescents living in districts with low socio-economic level had significantly more TDI with unmet treatment need than those living in districts with high socio-economic level.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The occurrence of TDI among Albanian adolescents was moderate. Adolescents who came from low socio-economic districts had a greater probability of having TDI with unmet treatment need.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Clinical Dentistry, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. Dorina.Sula@student.uib.no
authors.forename: Dorina Sula
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Thelen
authors.forename: Asgeir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bårdsen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000415:Albania / Q000453:epidemiology; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004245:DMF Index; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000293:injuries; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D015588:Observer Variation; D015995:Prevalence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012923:Social Class; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D018677:Tooth Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014505:Urban Population