A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF DENTO-ALVEOLAR TRAUMA IN PASTO PUPILS, COLOMBIA
Objective: determine the prevalence of dento-alveolar trauma in school children at Institución Educativa Municipal (INEM) from Pasto, Colombia, 2007-2008.
Method: a cross-sectional descriptive study was designed to assess 325, aged 10 to 12, school children. Variables such as gender, place located, cause, dental anatomical structure, and etiological factors were used. Results: the prevalence of dento-alveolar trauma was 7.4 percent; a higher incidence in males (70.8 percent). A trauma peak was recorded in 11-year-old group (70.8 percent.) Male/female ratio was 2.3:1. Home was the place where dento-alveolar trauma was set, and accidental falls were the main injury cause. Twenty-five percent of school children traumatized had subluxation. The most affected teeth were the maxillary right central incisors (37.5 percent). An increased overbite (25 percent) was found in school children who presented dento-alveolar trauma.
Conclusions: teeth injuries were more frequent on 11-year pupils in the assessed population. Dento-alveolar trauma could have an impact on dental aesthetic and the mouth function. Therefore, this trauma is an alarming condition and should have an emergency treatment provided.
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