Evaluation of Epidemiology and Etiology of Dental Injuries Observed in Children [Cocuklarda Gorulen Dis Yaralanmalarinin Etiyoloji ve Epidemiyolojilerinin Degerlendirilmesi]

Abstract

Traumatic dental injuries(TDI) is an important public health problem because of its frequency, occurrence at a young age and the high cost treatment follow-up procedures reason for continuing forward in the life of the patient's. In scientific literature, TDI frequency has increased in the last 30 years. Knowing the etiological and epidemiological factors of traumatic dental injuries would significantly support physicians in diagnosis and treatment planning. This observational retrospective study aimed to describe the epidemiological characteristics of traumatic dental injuries of children under the age of 15. The results obtained in this study will be useful for the development of the prevention and treatment of this type of injury of the pediatric population. [Med-Science 2015; 4(3.000): 2650-63]

Keywords

• Tooth injuries
• epidemiology
• etiology
• pediatric dentistry