title: Emergency assessment and treatment planning for traumatic dental injuries.
abstract: Trauma involving the dentoalveolar region is a frequent occurrence which can result in the fracturing and displacement of teeth, crushing and/or fracturing of bone and soft tissue injuries including contusions, abrasions and lacerations. This review describes the assessment of patients with these injuries, not in a didactic sense by repeating excellent already published classifications and treatment options, but by addressing questions that arise during assessment. It covers trauma first aid, examination of the patient, factors that affect treatment planning decisions, and the importance of communicating treatment options and prognosis to traumatized patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endodontics, Kuwait University, Kuwait.|School of Dentistry, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moule
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington, USA.|Private Practice, Lakeside Endodontics, Everett, Washington, USA.
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cohenca
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D005392:First Aid; D006801:Humans; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010358:Patient Participation; D011379:Prognosis; D018677:Tooth Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy
keywords: Assessment; dental trauma; dentoalveolar; traumatic dental injury; treatment planning