Traumatic dental injury in school children

Bakhshish Singh

Abstract

Traumatic dental injury (TDI) is a public dental health problem because of its frequency, occurrence at young age and may have debilitating effects, if left untreated. Nowadays, TDI is attributed as a public dental health problem due to a spectrum of factors like its high frequency and early age of occurrence, irreversible nature and complicated treatment. Trauma to the oral region occurs frequently and contributes to about 5 percent of all injuries for which people seek treatment in dental clinics and hospitals.