Healing complications in primary teeth

About a third of all preschool children experience a traumatic dental injury (TDI), making this type of injury very common among this age group. The children who are most likely to be injured are age 2 to 3 years and are not mature enough to cope well with painful and stressful treatments. Because the root of the primary incisor and the permanent tooth are so close, however, TDIs can have long-term complications and damage the developing tooth. Thus the prognosis of injured teeth in these young children as well as the potential future complications must be considered before the decision is made to preserve or extract an injured primary tooth.

Source: Dental Abstracts - May 1, 2018 Category: Dentistry Tags: Hands On Source Type: research