Análise retrospectiva do atendimento a pacientes com traumatismo dental no serviço de referência ambulatorial de Uberlândia-Brasil, durante 3 anos

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the data from 226 charts of patients assisted in the Dental traumatized patients assistance program Ambulatory reference of the School of Dentistry of the Federal University of Uberlândia, from March 2005 to March 2008. Material and Methods: Data were collected and classified into different tables in computer data management software (Microsoft Excel), by age of patients, gender, etiological factor, modality of trauma and number of teeth involved. Results: The total number of traumatized patients was 196, of these, 73 were women (37.3%) and 123 were men (62.7%). The patients presented 358 traumatized teeth, representing approximately 1.8 traumatized teeth per patient. Dental traumas occurred manly in the second decade of life (40%), and the main etiologic factor was characterized by falls (39.8%) Maxillary central incisors (89.6%) were more commonly affected than the mandible central incisors (10.4%). Conclusion: The dental injuries were more frequent in males, occurring mainly in the first and second decades of life. Falls were characterized as the primary etiologic factor. Coronal simple fractures were the most common lesion.