title: Epidemiology and Outcomes of Hospital-based Emergency Department Visits with Tooth Fractures.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to identify characteristics of hospital-based emergency department (ED) visits for tooth fracture and subsequent dentally related hospital admissions.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a retrospective analysis of the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project for the years 2008 to 2010. All children up to 21 years old, with a diagnosis of tooth fracture due to trauma, were selected. Hospital ED charges, occurrence of concurrent injuries, and hospitalization following ED visits were examined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 199,061 ED visits were attributed to broken or fractured teeth; males comprised 63 percent of ED visits. Skull and facial fractures were present in seven percent and intracranial injuries in four percent of ED visits. The most frequent causes for ED visits and for subsequent hospitalization, respectively, were falls and motor vehicle accidents. The mean charge for each ED visit was $1,441. Total charges for the entire United States were $241.8 million. Following an ED visit, 7,233 patients were admitted as inpatients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Males comprised a majority of these emergency department visits. Occurrence of concomitant bodily injuries appears to be common and is a significant predictor of hospitalization and hospital ED charges.
authors: College of Dentistry, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., USA.
authors: Romesh P
authors: RP
authors: Nalliah
authors: Department of Health Services and Administration, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Neb., USA.
authors: Sankeerth
authors: S
authors: Rampa
authors: Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif., USA.
authors: Min Kyeong
authors: MK
authors: Lee
authors: University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
authors: Veeratrishul
authors: V
authors: Allareddy
authors: College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA. veerasathpurush-allareddy@uiowa.edu.
authors: Veerasathpurush
authors: V
authors: Allareddy
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000293:Adolescent; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003796:Dental Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000293:injuries; D005260:Female; D017722:Hospital Charges; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000453:epidemiology; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology; D014082:Tooth Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult