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Type: Artigo de Periódico
Title: A 12-year retrospective study of avulsion cases in a public brazilian dental trauma service.
Authors: Gabriela Camposmesquita
Priscilla Barbosa Ferreira Soares
Camilla Christian Gomes Moura
Marina Guimarães Roscoe
Saul Martins de Paiva
Carlos José Soares
Abstract: This study assessed the epidemiological characteristics and management of the permanent teeth avulsion cases attended in a Brazilian dental trauma service from December 2005 to August 2016. A retrospective study was conducted of case records of 93 patients involving 139 avulsed teeth. Data included sex, age, trauma etiology, location of the accident, number and position of avulsed teeth, and presence and type of associated traumatic lesions. Management of the avulsed teeth was addressed as: time elapsed until teeth were retrieved from the accident’s location; teeth’s cleaning method and storage media; time elapsed until seeking treatment and replantation. The majority of the patients were children from 6-10 (31.2%) and 11-15 years old (26.9%). Male patients were more affected than female. Bicycle accident was the main etiological factor (31.2%). In 56 (60.2%) cases, traumatic lesions to neighboring teeth were present. In 55 (59.1%) cases, lesions to adjacent soft tissues were reported. In 82 (88.2%) cases, patients requested treatment at the same day of the accident. Sixty-four teeth (46.0%) were immediately retrieved and 28 (20.1%) were not found. Forty-two teeth (30.2%) were kept dry. Only one tooth (0.7%) was immediately replanted at the accident’s site, while 51 teeth (36.7%) were not replanted. Numerous avulsed teeth were inappropriately managed and immediate replantation was not frequent. Public policies must be created to raise awareness towards the particularities of avulsion cases.
Subject: Odontologia
language: por
metadata.dc.publisher.country: Brasil
Publisher: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher Initials: UFMG
metadata.dc.publisher.department: FAO - DEPARTAMENTO DE ODONTOPEDIATRIA E ORTODONTIA
Rights: Acesso Aberto
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: 10.1590/0103-6440201701610
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/55634
Issue Date: 2017
metadata.dc.url.externa: https://www.scielo.br/j/bdj/a/nzssmXfhLqnWCmhYHBpzDch/?lang=en
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Brazilian Dental Journal
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