51. Prevalence of traumatic crown injuries in German adolescents
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Toni Lang, Vinay Pitchika, Jan Kühnisch, Reinhard Hickel, Norbert Krämer, Mohamed Eltair, and Marie Standl
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pediatrics ,Adolescent ,Population ,Poison control ,Dental Caries ,Occupational safety and health ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,stomatognathic system ,Germany ,Injury prevention ,Epidemiology ,Prevalence ,medicine ,Humans ,Child ,education ,General Dentistry ,Tooth Crown ,education.field_of_study ,Dental trauma ,Crowns ,business.industry ,Public health ,Tooth Injuries ,030206 dentistry ,medicine.disease ,stomatognathic diseases ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Female ,business ,Cohort study - Abstract
Although dental trauma and its unfavorable sequelae are considered major public health problems worldwide, the published data on the prevalence of traumatic crown injuries (TCIs) in Germany are lacking. Therefore, the present study assessed the prevalence of TCIs among adolescents in Bavaria, Germany. Ethical approval and parental consents were obtained, and population-based information from 10- (N = 1158), 12- (N = 416), and 15-year-olds (N = 1302) from two different cohort studies performed in Bavaria (GINIplus/LISA and LAGZ) were examined for the presence of TCIs, dental caries, and restorations. Statistical comparisons were made using Mann-Whitney U test and Wilcoxon signed-rank test. The prevalence of TCIs was 6.3% in the 10- and 12-year-old children and 14.0% in 15-year-old children, and a higher prevalence was observed in boys than in girls. Most (87.5%) of the traumatized teeth were maxillary incisors. The caries prevalence was low in all three populations. The prevalence of TCIs in Bavarian adolescents at a low risk for caries was found to be low. Dental trauma is a prevalent event in children and adolescents, and incisors are the most affected teeth. Therefore, dental practitioners should be able to manage the spectrum of traumatic injuries.
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- 2019