Syed Ghazanfar Hassan, Muhammad Shahzad, Suneel Kumar Panjabi, Salman Shams, Anand Kumar.
DENTOALVEOALR INJURIES; An audit at Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad.
Professional Med J Jan ;23(11):1345-8.

To analyze frequency, gender, age distribution, cause of injury and type of dento alveolar injury among patients at Liaquat university hospital Hyderabad. Setting: This research done in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery department at Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad. Period: June 2013 to December 2014. Material and Methods: A data of 114 patients who had been suffered with dentoalveolar trauma was reviewed. Patients history including age, gender, etiology of injury, type of injury like (intrusion, extrusion, luxation, subluxation, avulsion, crown fracture, root fracture were analyzed. Results: 36 female patients and 78 male patients were affected with dentoalveolar trauma. The injury was frequent in age between 11-20 years. Mainly etiology of injury was fall in 54 cases followed by RTA in 35 cases. Intrusion of teeth was seen in 51 cases and crown fracture in 29 cases. Conclusion: The results of this study illustrate that fall is most common etiology of dentoalveolar trauma in this area. Intrusion of teeth was the most common types of dentoalveolar traumatic injury. Precautionary educational programs relating to traumatic dental injuries are required to be held in our country to reduce the number of such injuries.

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