Oral Health and Dental Medicine

Dental Traumatology

Dental injury alludes to injury (damage) to the teeth or potentially periodontium (gums, periodontal tendon, alveolar bone), and close-by delicate tissues, for example, the lips, tongue, and so on. The investigation of dental injury is called dental traumatology.

Dental injury is most basic in more youthful individuals, representing 17% of wounds to the body in those matured 0– 6 years contrasted with a normal of 5% over all ages. Awful dental wounds are more typical in lasting teeth contrasted with deciduous teeth and more often it does not include the front teeth of the upper jaw.