Tooth Injuries - Epidemiology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Dental injuries in association with facial fractures.

30 Jul 2009 PURPOSE: The aim of the study was to investigate the association between dental injuries and facial fractures. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We performed a prospective study of 273 patients examined at a level 1 trauma center in Switzerland from September ... Read more...

Dilaceration among Nigerians: prevalence, distribution, and its relationship with trauma.

30 Jul 2009 Dilaceration is the result of a developmental anomaly in which an abrupt change in the axial inclination between crown and root is observed. Its prevalence in various races is different and its association with history of trauma is controversial. ... Read more...

Consumer products and activities associated with dental injuries to children treated in United States emergency departments, 1990-2003.

30 Jul 2009 OBJECTIVE: Describe the association of consumer products and activities with dental injuries among children 0-17 years of age treated in United States emergency departments. DESIGN: A retrospective analysis of data from the National Electronic ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Tooth Injuries - Epidemiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Dental injuries in association with facial fractures. 30 Jul 2009
• Dilaceration among Nigerians: prevalence, distribution, and its relationship with trauma. 30 Jul 2009
• Consumer products and activities associated with dental injuries to children treated in United States emergency departments, 1990-2003. 30 Jul 2009
• A pilot study of the prevalence of orofacial and head injuries in schoolboy cricketers at eight private schools in England and Australia. 29 Jun 2009
• Maxillofacial injuries caused by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China. 29 Jun 2009
• Correlation between socioeconomic indicators and traumatic dental injuries: a qualitative critical literature review. 9 Jun 2009
• Traumatic injuries to permanent teeth in Turkish children, Ankara. 30 May 2009
• Traumatic dental injuries in individuals with cerebral palsy. 30 May 2009
• Traumatic dental injuries among primary school children in Sulaimani city, Iraq. 30 May 2009
• Traumatic dental injuries of permanent incisors in 11- to 13-year-old South African schoolchildren. 30 Mar 2009
• Prevalence of dental trauma in deciduous teeth of Brazilian children. 30 Mar 2009
• Traumatic anterior dental injuries in 7- to 12-year-old Brazilian children. 30 Mar 2009
• Dental trauma in adults in Switzerland. 30 Mar 2009
• Prevalence and factors associated to dental trauma in infants 1-3 years of age. 30 Mar 2009
• Oral health conditions in Italian Special Olympics athletes. 27 Feb 2009
• Traumatic tooth injuries to primary teeth of children aged 0-3 years. 25 Feb 2009
• [Changing approaches to traumatic injuries to primary and permanent teeth based on the reports published in 'Fogorvosi Szemle' in the past 100 years] 30 Jan 2009
• Do American football players in Turkey protect themselves from dental or orofacial trauma? 30 Jan 2009
• Traumatic orodental injuries and the development of an orodental injury surveillance system: a pilot study in Victoria, Australia. 30 Jan 2009
• Oral and facial trauma among paratroopers in the Israel Defense Forces. 30 Jan 2009

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Technical information about 'Tooth Injuries'

Definition: Traumatic or other damage to teeth including fractures (TOOTH FRACTURES) or displacements (TOOTH LUXATION).

Descriptor UI: D018677

Alternative terms: Tooth Injuries; Teeth Injuries; Injuries, Teeth; Injury, Teeth; Teeth Injury; Injuries, Tooth; Injury, Tooth; Tooth Injury;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C07.793.850; C21.866.900;

Online Note: use TOOTH INJURIES to search TOOTH/injuries 1966-94

History Note: 95; was TOOTH/injuries 1966-94

Technical Notes: GEN or unspecified; prefer /inj with specific tooth, as CUSPID /inj; also available are TOOTH FRACTURES & TOOTH AVULSION; DF: TOOTH INJ