Dental injuries are very common during childhood and nearly one-half of the children sustain some or the other type of dental injury. Most of these injuries are treatable and preventable. However, the injuries resulting in the loss of permanent teeth may have long-standing cosmetic, functional, and psychosocial effects. Dental injuries need prompt treatment. This article focuses on the overview of dental injuries in children.
It is estimated that approximately 30% of pre-school children suffer injuries to the primary dentition. The incidence of dental trauma to the permanent dentition is however higher in boys than girls. The most commonly injured teeth are the maxillary central incisors, maxillary lateral incisors, and the mandibular incisors. Falls are the most frequent causes of dental trauma in preschool children. To understand the dental injuries clearly, it is important to…
