Knowledge of Dental Avulsion Among Emergency Physicians: A Survey Study

Abstract

Introduction Traumatic dental injuries resulting from home/school/ playground accidents, sports activities, fights, or traffic accidents are a serious oral health problem. Although they can be seen during any period of life, such injuries are more common in infancy, childhood and adolescence (1). Dental avulsion, defined as the complete displacement of the tooth from its socket, is one of the most severe traumatic dentoalveolar injuries. According to the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, avulsion is one of the most common traumatic dental injuries seen in children (2), and is usually experienced by children aged 2-4 and 8-12 years (3). The frequency of dental avulsion varies between 0.5% and 16% in permanent dentition and between 7% and 13% in primary dentition. These injuries usually affect the incisors, especially the maxillary central incisors (4).