Incidence of dentofacial injuries in children: a 2‐year longitudinal study

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Incidence of dentofacial injuries in children: a 2-year longitudinal study Vanderas AP, Papagiannoulis L. Incidence of dentofacial injuries in children: a 2-year longitudinal study. Endod Dent Traumatol 1999; 15: 235-238. 0 Munksgaard, 1999. Abstract -In this prospective study the incidence of dentofacial injuries in 199 children aged 8 to 10 years was analyzed. Dentofacial injuries were recorded by a questionnaire and a clinical examination. After the first examination, each subject was re-examined at yearly intervals over a period of 2 years. Incidence rates were calculated in percentages and the chi-square was applied to test statistical differences. The 95% probability level was used. Results showed that the overall incidence of dentofacial injuries was 45.2%. The percentages for boys and girls were 28.6 and 16.6 respectively. The chi-square test showed significant gender differences, while differences by age were not significant. The highest incidence was recorded for dental injury followed by facial injury, historical evidence of injury and dental and facial injury.Dentofacial injury is of particular interest in the field of dentistry. Dental injuries need long-term follow-up because of the risk of possible complications (1-3), while facial or dentofacial injuries may cause craniomandibular dysfunction (4) and/or esthetic problems due to scarring. Epidemiologic studies have focused on the investigation of the prevalence or incidence of dental injury (5). The incidence of dentofacial injury in children, however, has not been investigated.The purpose of this prospective study was to record the incidence of dentofacial injury in children aged 8 to 10 years. Materials and methods Study populationThe subjects selected for this study were participating in a cross-sectional investigation based on a sample of 221 children, 11 3 boys and 108 girls, aged 8 to 10 years. After the first examination, each subject was re-examined at 1-year intervals for a period of 2 years. At the first and second year 205 and 199 children were re-examined respectively. The difference in the number of subjects between the examinations was due to the fact that 1 1 children had moved

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