title: Pulp vitality preservation after traumatic dental injuries to permanent teeth.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The pulp vitality preservation after a trauma to permanent teeth is of great importance since dental injuries are common. The aim of our study was to investigate the pulp vitality preservation after tooth injuries.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective analysis of records of patients with a trauma was performed. The sample consisted of all patients who had been referred to the Department of Dentistry of Vojvodina for a trauma to permanent teeth during the period 2005-2010. We recorded the type of injury, treatment, state of vitality during the first visit and subsequent check-ups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study included 162 children and adolescents aged 6-18 years having a trauma to 314 permanent teeth. The most frequent type of injuries in permanent teeth was fractures (54.5%), whereas luxation was a less common trauma (45.5%). Though different kinds of traumas have different optimal time for treatment, a period of 24 hours was taken as optimal; hence, 189 teeth were treated in optimal time and 55 complications occurred in them; while 105 complications occurred in 114 teeth which were treated 24 hours after the trauma. A year after the trauma the pulp vitality was preserved in 88 teeth (32%), pulp necrosis and other complications developed in 160 teeth (68%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The therapy of pulp vitality preservation in injured teeth was found successful in 32% and unsuccessful in 68% of cases at check-ups over one year.
authors: Department of Dentistry, Faculty of medicine, University of Novi Sad, Serbia. dubla@eunet.rs
authors: Duska
authors: D
authors: Blagojević
authors: Bojan
authors: B
authors: Petrović
authors: Dejan
authors: D
authors: Marković
authors: Sanja
authors: S
authors: Vujkov
authors: Ivana Demko
authors: ID
authors: Rihter
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000293:injuries*; D003787:Dental Pulp Devitalization; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018677:Tooth Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*