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Traumatic injuries to permanent anterior teeth among 12-year-old schoolchildren in Jordan.
Mahmoud Hamdan,Lamis D. Rajab +1 more
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The prevalence of traumatic injuries to permanent incisors in 12-year-old Jordanian schoolchildren was close to that found in other countries, and being a boy and having overjet greater than 5.0 mm were significant predisposing factors to dental injuries.Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: To assess the prevalence and related factors of incisor trauma among 12-year-old Jordanian schoolchildren. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study among schoolchildren. A sample of 1.878 schoolchildren aged 12 years, 940 boys and 938 girls, were randomly selected from 128 schools in urban and rural areas. Ellis classification was used to record the dental injuries on incisors. RESULTS: Of the children examined 13.8% showed dental trauma. Difference in prevalence between boys (17.1%) and girls (10.6%) was statistically significant (p Language: enread more
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