Citation

Hargreaves JA, Cleaton-Jones PE, Roberts GJ, Williams S, Matejka JM. Endod. Dent. Traumatol. 1999; 15(2): 73-76.

Affiliation

Faculty of Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10379276

Abstract

A clinical survey of 1466 children of typical South African communities showed a prevalence rate of primary tooth trauma of 15%. Trauma was least common at age 1-2 years (10.7%) and most common at 4-5 years (20.6%). The commonest trauma seen was fracture of enamel only (71.8%) followed by fracture of dentine (11.2%), tooth loss (8.2%) and discolouration without other sign of injury (5.6%).

Language: en