Dental trauma behavior in teenagers of the Basic High School José Martí. Cárdenas, 2011-2012

Abstract

Background: dental trauma is among the main stomatologic urgencies. Because of the presence of pain, discomfort and functional disturbance they make the patient assisting the dentist.
Aim: determining dental trauma behavior in teenagers of the Basic High School Jose Martí.
Methods: we carried out a cross-sectional descriptive observational study in the municipality of Cardenas from 2011 to 2012. The universe of work was formed by 79 patients aged 12-14 years who suffered dental trauma in permanent incisors, both lower and upper. We obtained their parents informed consent. The analyzed variables were: age, gender, affected teeth; kind of dental fracture, cause, time passed from the moment the lesion occurred and the moment the patient was treated. A clinical examination and interview were performed to assess the signs. Obtained data were statistically processed; the percente was used as measure
Outcomes: the most affected age group was the one grouping children aged 14 years, 13,4 %, and the highest percent corresponded to the male gender, 12,5 %. The main cause was fall, 44,3 %. 58,2 % of the patients who suffered dental trauma assisted the consultation 24 hours after the trauma lesion has occurred. 72,2 % of the patients’ parents were not informed about the consultation follow up.
Conclusions: dental traumas were more frequent at the age of 14 and in male gender. There it was a predominance of the non-complicated crown fracture in central incisors. Most of the patients with dental trauma assisted the consultation 24 hours after the lesion occurrence.