Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Oral and Dental health Research Center, Ilam University of Medical sciences, Ilam, Iran.
2 Department of Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
3 Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medical Sciences, Ilam University of Medical Sciences.
Abstract
Abstract
Background and Objective: Children are more exposed to Dental trauma (DT) due to their desire to move and be physically active. The aim of determining the prevalence of Maxillofacial trauma in Ilam in Pediatrics and adolescents in Ilam city.
Methods: This retrospective study was conducted in the city of Ilam in a group of Pediatrics and adolescents with dental trauma between 2017 and 2021. In this study, the researchers, by referring to Hospital, studied the files of patients visiting existing specialty clinics for DT treatment, and using the available checklist, extracted the desired data from the patients' clinical files or existing documentation in the patients' dental radiographs. The data (including Cause of Trauma, Place of occurrence, Type of trauma, and Treatments provided) related to DT were analyzed using the SPSS16 statistical software.
Results: In this study, 246 Pediatrics and adolescents were examined, of which 144(58.5%) were boy and 102(41.5%) were girl. Also, regarding age range, 104 (42.3%) were in the Pediatrics age range and 142 (57.7%) were in the Adolescents age range. Mean (SD) age in Pediatrics 7.1(3.2) and in adolescents was 14.8(5.1). In this study, a significant relationship was observed between Place of Occurrence with Gender (P=0.008, OR=0.77) and Age Group (P=0.002, OR=0.73). There was also a significant relationship between type of trauma with gender (P=0.002, OR=1.24) and significant relationship between Treatments provided with School type (P=0.02, OR=0.79). also, there was no significant relationship between any of the demographic variables and the examined variables related to dental injury.
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