Tooth avulsion is a widespread problem for school nurses and school health care personnel. Over two million teeth are avulsed every year in the United States, often during school activities. Almost all avulsed teeth can be saved if stored properly and then replanted by a dentist. All of the known methods and devices for the storage, preservation, and transportation of avulsed teeth are reviewed in this article. Based on this review, specific recommendations are made to the school nurse for saving avulsed teeth.
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Case Rep Dent
January 2025
Department of Dentistry, NEIGRIHMS (North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences), Shillong, India.
The prevalence of oromaxillofacial fracture in pediatric patients is comparatively less than in adults, which could be due to several inconclusive factors, such as infrequent exposure to high-contact sports games, rash driving of vehicles and motorbikes, alcohol consumption, and fist fights for personal reasons under the influence of alcohol. More importantly, most of the time, children are under the care of their parents till they reach an age of maturity. One more thing that everyone believes even today is the elasticity nature of their bones as well as their body weight during their growing stage.
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January 2025
Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
Background/aim: Avulsion injuries have an uncertain prognosis. This study aims to evaluate periodontal ligament healing patterns and factors affecting the survival of replanted avulsed teeth.
Materials And Methods: In this retrospective study, data from 204 avulsed teeth in 143 children (mean age: 9.
BMC Oral Health
January 2025
Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, 70124, Italy.
Dental trauma is common in all age groups, although, epidemiologically, it is more common in children with studies that indicate that 15% of preschoolers and 20-25% of school-age children experience it. These injuries, which frequently call for immediate attention, can affect the hard tissues and supporting components of the teeth, and, because dental damage in deciduous teeth occurs frequently and affects speech, nutrition, and oral development, it is particularly worrying. After searching three databases, Scopus, Web of Science (WoS), and PubMed, and removing duplicates, 3,630 articles were screened, and 12 publications were included in the qualitative analysis.
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November 2024
Pediatric Dentistry Postgraduate, Faculty of Dentistry, Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosí 78290, Mexico.
Dental trauma very commonly comprises lesions that affect the teeth and their supporting structures. In pediatric ages, the main reasons for dental trauma are falls and accidents at school and while practicing recreative activities and sports. Fortunately, dental avulsions are not common; however, they are key factors in the loss of teeth if the issue is not adequately treated in a quick way, so is very important for parents, teachers, or any person that is present with a child during the accident to have knowledge about dental trauma, specifically regarding avulsed teeth, since the best treatment is reimplantation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Clin Med
November 2024
Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.
: The purpose of this study was to examine how the COVID-19 pandemic influenced the patterns, distribution, and circumstances of dental trauma (DT) cases at a German cranio-maxillofacial trauma center. This retrospective analysis compared DT cases from the PreCovid (PC) period (February 2019-January 2020) with those from the IntraCovid (IC) period (February 2020-January 2021). It included an examination of baseline characteristics, types of DT, circumstances leading to DT, and the treatment approaches applied.
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