Traumatic dental injuries presenting at the pediatric dental clinic at prince Rashid bin al-Hassan hospital

الملخص EN

Objectives : To evaluate the frequency of dental injuries in relation to age, gender, etiology, number of affected teeth, and type of trauma among children referred from Northern provinces of Jordan to the pediatric dental clinic at Prince Rashid Hospital.

Methods : A total of 3,750 dental records representing children who were referred to pediatric dental clinic at Prince Rashid Hospital during a 5.5 year period were retrospectively analyzed.

Only records for patients affected by dental trauma to permanent teeth were included in the study.

A database for each patient’s record was constructed to include the age, sex, cause of injury, and number of affected teeth, in addition, to the type of injury according to Andreasen classification.

Results : Out of the total 3,750 dental records analyzed, there were 371 (9.89%) patients with traumatic dental injuries, involving a total of 605 teeth (586 permanent teeth).

The 8-10 year old age group had the highest frequency of traumatic injuries (44.74%).

Male patients (65.23%) experienced more traumatic dental injuries than females (34.77%).

The main cause of trauma was falls (88.95%).

Class 2 (crown fracture involving enamel and dentine) was the most common type of dental injury in permanent dentition (59.50%).

Maxillary central incisor was the most common tooth affected (84.13%), followed by mandibular central incisors (6.99%).

Approximately 52.29% of the affected children had only one injured tooth.

Conclusion : The results of the study showed that the frequency of dental injuries among children presenting to the dental clinic at Prince Rashid Hospital was 9.89% and patients between 8-10 years of age were the most common age group affected by dental injuries.

Males were more affected than females and falls were the most common cause of injury.

Majority of patients only had one affected tooth, and the most commonly injured tooth was a maxillary central incisor.

Fracture involving enamel, and dentine without pulp exposure was the most common type of dental injury.