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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Prevalence of Anterior Tooth Fracture due to Trauma

Shaheen Abootty, Shruthi Attavar

Citation Information : Abootty S, Attavar S. Prevalence of Anterior Tooth Fracture due to Trauma. World J Dent 2015; 6 (2):77-81.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10015-1318

Published Online: 01-02-2017

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2015; The Author(s).


Abstract

Aim

To evaluate the prevalence of anterior tooth fracture due to trauma in 2000 patients randomly from the population of south Canara district.

Materials and methods

The present study was conducted on 2000 patients attending the Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, AB Shetty Dental College, Mangalore, and rural satellite centers of Nitte University. Each patient was examined for anterior tooth fracture due to trauma under dental chair in a good illumination of light using sterilized mouth mirror, explorer, tweezer and teeth are isolated by cotton roles. The patient who had anterior tooth fracture were questioned with a standard questionnaire from oral health survey WHO format 2013, to find its relation associated to age, gender, location, occupation, etiology, type of fracture and its relation to molar.

Results

According to the present study, prevalence of anterior tooth fracture due to trauma in south Canara population was low and found to be 18.8% with increase in prevalence in males (56.2%) between the age group of 36 and 45 years (33.2%), common etiological factor seen was falls (44.7%). The most common type of fracture was enamel-dentine fracture (44.7%) with class 1 molar relation (55.6%).

Conclusion

The prevalence of anterior tooth fracture due to trauma was most commonly seen in males with increased prevalence in age group between 36 and 45 years, common etiological factor being falls, type of fracture most commonly seen are cases with enamel-dentine fracture with class 1 molar relation.

How to cite this article

Hegde MN, Abootty S, Attavar S. Prevalence of Anterior Tooth Fracture due to Trauma. World J Dent 2015;6(2):77-81.


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