Emergency assessment and treatment planning for traumatic dental injuries
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Trauma involving the dentoalveolar region is a frequent occurrence which can result in the fracturing and displacement of teeth, crushing and/or fracturing of bone and soft tissue injuries including contusions, abrasions and lacerations. This review describes the assessment of patients with these injuries, not in a didactic sense by repeating excellent already published classifications and treatment options, but by addressing questions that arise during assessment. It covers trauma first aid, examination of the patient, factors that affect treatment planning decisions, and the importance of communicating treatment options and prognosis to traumatized patients.
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Current literature provides protocols, methods and documentation for clinical assessment of traumatic dental injuries, trauma first aid, patient examination, treatment planning factors, and communicating treatment options and prognosis.
“Available current literature provides protocols, methods and documentation for the clinical assessment of Traumatic Dental Injuries (TDI), trauma first aid, patient examination, factors that affect treatment planning decisions and the importance of communicating treatment options and prognosis to traumatized patients. 1-3”
From International Association of Dental Traumatology guidelines for the management of traumatic dental injuries: 1. Fractures and luxations. (2020) · cites this paper as [1]
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- Authors
- Moule, A., & Cohenca, N.
- Affiliations
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Seattle Children's Hospital (US)
- Corresponding author
- Moule, A
- ORCID
- Venue
- Australian Dental Journal
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2016-02-29
- Volume
- 61
- Issue
- S1
- Pages
- 21-38
- ISSN
- 0045-0421 (ISSN-L)
- 1834-7819
- OpenAlex
- W2290066315
- Cited by
- 69
- References
- 79
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 0.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Australian Dental Journal (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Emergency Medical Services › Dental Trauma and Treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Facial Trauma and Fracture Management
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Ophthalmology › Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries
- Keywords
- dental trauma, dentoalveolar trauma, emergency assessment, treatment planning, tooth fracture, soft tissue injury, prognosis communication, patient examination
- MeSH terms
- Decision Making, Emergency Treatment, First Aid, Humans, Patient Care Planning, Patient Participation, Prognosis, Tooth Injuries
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