Epidemiology of traumatic dental injuries – a 12 year review of the literature

BACKGROUND/AIM: A traumatic dental injury (TDI) is a public dental health problem because of its frequency, occurrence at a young age, costs and that treatment may continue for the rest of the patient's life. The aim of this paper is to present a12-year, international review of the prevalence and incidence of TDIs including some background factors and a quick, easy method in registering TDIs to receive a primary understanding of the extent and severity of dental trauma. MATERIAL AND METHOD: The databases of Medline, Cochrane, SSCI, SCI and CINAHL from 1995 to the present were used. RESULT: The results indicate a high prevalence of TDIs in primary and permanent teeth and that TDIs exists throughout the world.…