Who are prone to dental trauma?
Those who are more prone to dental trauma are children with:
- 1. Protruding front teeth
- 2. Incompetent lips (or lips that don’t usually cover over the teeth)
Possible consequences in trauma to primary tooth
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1. Dead tooth
a. Discoloration
b. Swelling / Abscess
c. Pain
d. Increased Mobility - 2. Damage to developing adult tooth underneath
a. Dilaceration (developing teeth is kinked/bent out of shape due to the trauma)
b. Hypoplasia (incomplete development of tooth structure)
c. Malocclusion (misalignment of teeth)
Possible consequences in trauma to adult tooth:
Dead tooth
- Discoloration
- Swelling / Abscess
- Pain
- Increased Mobility
- Internal Resorption
- Root Resorption
