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DENTAL TRAUMATOLOGY
Volume 17, Issue 1, Pages 10-16Publisher
MUNKSGAARD INT PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-9657.2001.170103.x
Keywords
cohort studies; epidemiologic studies; risk factors; stress phychological; tooth injuries
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The purpose of the study was to assess the Lifetime prevalence of dental injuries and risk factors involved in a general population-based birth cohort. The study population consisted of 5737 subjects who had participated in a health survey at the age of 31 years. Altogether 52% of the participants were women. This partly computer-based health survey included two questionnaires on previous dental and non-dental injuries, general. health, occupational status and Lifestyle. The current study was based on these questionnaires. The lifetime prevalence of dental fractures was 43% and the lifetime prevalence of dental luxations and exarticulations 14%. Men more commonly had dental injuries than women. Particularly mental distress and a history of previous injuries were shown to increase the risk for dental injuries. Furthermore, overweight and high alcohol consumption were positively associated with a high Lifetime prevalence of tooth trauma. Regular physical activity decreased trauma occurrence. Socioeconomic status further affected the lifetime prevalence of dental injuries. The conclusion of the study was that personal, social and physical factors played a role in the occurrence of dental trauma.
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