Survey On Traumatic Dental Injuries Among Children
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Universidad de Granada
Materia
Traumatic dental injury Children Pain Problems
Date
2023-01-19Referencia bibliográfica
Preethi. G, Dhanraj Ganapathy, Keerthi Sasanka(2022). Survey On Traumatic Dental Injuries Among Children Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers,Vol. 13(6). 20-28. DOI: [10.47750/jett.2022.13.06.003]
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Saveetha Dental collegeAbstract
Traumatic dental injuries are the most common problems and have the highest prevalence rate
among children. Dental trauma not only causes pain but also has the potential to adversely affect the
development of the permanent teeth. Tooth fractures or dental injuries to the deciduous teeth can
cause various problems in permanent teeth such as hypoplasia, discoloration, and delay in eruption
time, and tooth malformation. A self administered questionnaire was designed based on the
awareness of tooth fracture and dental trauma among the children and was distributed through an
online survey planet link. The study population was 100 . The collected data were plotted in the form
pie charts. The responses were plotted in the form of pie charts. In this study, the prevalence of
traumatic dental injuries was found to be 77.2% and only 50.6% of the children had been taken to a
dentist after the dental trauma. From this study it is evident that the majority of the children have
experienced dental trauma due to which they have low self confidence and face other kinds of
problems in their day to day life. Thus it is important for the parents to take them to a dentist
immediately after the trauma to avoid furthermore complications and infections.