Traumatic anterior dental injuries in Nigerian preschool children. 1996

O D Otuyemi, and I O Segun-Ojo, and A A Adegboye
Department of Preventive Dentistry, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

An epidemiological survey of 1,401 preschool children aged one to five years was carried out in 21 day care and nursery schools from Ile-Ife, Nigeria to determine by sex and age, the prevalence of traumatic injuries to primary incisors and canines with their distribution according to type of injuries. The prevalence of injuries was 30.8%. No significant difference in prevalence between boys and girls was reported. The most common type of injury in the population was enamel fracture (66.8%). Most of the children had only one traumatised tooth and maxillary central incisors were the most commonly involved teeth in trauma. There is need to provide adequate preventive and treatment care in view of the consequences on permanent dentition.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D008297 Male Males
D009549 Nigeria A republic in western Africa, south of NIGER between BENIN and CAMEROON. Its capital is Abuja. Federal Republic of Nigeria
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D003753 Dental Health Surveys A systematic collection of factual data pertaining to dental or oral health and disease in a human population within a given geographic area. Dental Health Survey,Health Survey, Dental,Health Surveys, Dental,Survey, Dental Health,Surveys, Dental Health
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014504 Urban Health The status of health in urban populations. Health, Urban
D015995 Prevalence The total number of cases of a given disease in a specified population at a designated time. It is differentiated from INCIDENCE, which refers to the number of new cases in the population at a given time. Period Prevalence,Point Prevalence,Period Prevalences,Point Prevalences,Prevalence, Period,Prevalence, Point,Prevalences
D018677 Tooth Injuries Traumatic or other damage to teeth including fractures (TOOTH FRACTURES) or displacements (TOOTH LUXATION). Injuries, Teeth,Injuries, Tooth,Teeth Injuries,Injury, Teeth,Injury, Tooth,Teeth Injury,Tooth Injury

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