Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry (대한소아치과학회지)

Korean Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (대한소아치과학회)
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A SURVEY OF TRAUMATIZED ANTERIOR TEETH IN A SCHOOL POPULATION

서울지역(地域) 중(中).고등학생(高等學生)의 전치외상(前齒外傷)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究)

  • Kim, Chong-Chul (Dept. of Pedodontics, Graduate School, Seoul National University)
  • 김종철 (서울대학교 대학원 치의학과 소아치과학)
  • Published : 1979.01.01
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Abstract

The author surveyed traumatized anterior teeth of 12~17 year old 9453(male 4740, female 4713) school students. The results were as follows: 1. The prevalence of traumatized anterior teeth was $10.3{\pm}0.6%$. 2. The prevalence of traumatized anterior teeth of male was $12.2{\pm}0.9%$, and that of female was $8.4{\pm}0.8%$. The prevalence of male was higher than that of female. 3. The distribution of traumatized teeth by severity was as follows: Class I-65.3%, Class II-20.7%, Class III-8.2%, Missing teeth-5.4%, Others-0.4%. 4. Maxillary central incisors had the highest trauma frequence. 5. Single fractures were found to occur more commonly than multiple fractures. 6. The percentage of treated person was 5.1%. 7. 72.3% of the sample was not affected by the traumatized anterior teeth, and 27.7% of the sample thought the traumatized anterior teeth ugly.

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