Avaliação dos traumatismos dentários atendidos no Serviço de Trauma Dental da Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba : estudo retrospectivo de 10 anos / Evaluation of tooth injuries treated by Dental Trauma Service at Piracicaba Dentistry School : a 10 years retrospective study

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

26/04/2011

RESUMO

The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate several aspects related to traumatic dental injuries regarding its etiology, prevalence and classification in the patients of Service of Dental Trauma of the Endodontics Area, Faculty of Dentistry of Piracicaba-UNICAMP, from July 2000 to July 2010. The statistical treatment analysed data from frequency distribution, Chi-square test and Mann-Whitney test. The level of significance was set at 5% for all analyses. A total of 450 patients (150 females and 300 males) with 1284 injured teeth, approximately 2,8 per patient. The results showed that the prevalent age group was 11 to 15 years (31.5%) and the most frequent etiological factors of tooth injuries were falls (35.6%) and bicycle accidents (26.2%). The upper central incisors were the teeth with higher percentage of trauma (53.7%). The most prevalent type of injury to dental tissue was fracture of enamel and dentin, while avulsions and subluxations were the most frequently types of injuries to the supporting tissues. The month and day that most occurred dental injuries was May and Saturday respectively. Gender exerted influence over the etiology of trauma (p <0.05 / Chi?square) and had no significant difference with the different age groups (p>0.05 / Mann Whitney). It was concluded that male gender, age range 11 to 15 years, falls, upper central incisors, the enamel and dentin fractures and avulsions were the most frequently findings

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epidemiologia endodontia fraturas dos dentes luxação epidemiology endodontics tooth fractures dislocations

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