Title

Traumatic dental injuries: Prevalence and associated risk factors among school children aged 12–15 years in Western Uttar Pradesh, India

Authors

Mukund Sharma¹, Vikas Singh¹*, Pradeep Tangade¹, Ankita Jain¹, Garima Rani² & Prajwal Singh Tomar³

Affiliation

¹Department of Public Health Dentistry at Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College and Research Centre, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India; ²Department of Public Health Dentistry at Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Dental, Science & Research, Mullana-Ambala, Haryana, India; ³Department of Periodontology at Shree Bankey Bihari Dental College & Research Centre, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Mukund Sharma - E-mail: dr.mukundshar@gmail.com
Vikas Singh - E-mail: drvikas.dental@tmu.ac.in
Pradeep Tangade - E-mail: drpradeeptangade.dental@tmu.ac.in
Ankita Jain - E-mail: drankita.dental@tmu.ac.in
Garima Rani - E-mail: garima.rani@mmumullana.org
Prajwal Singh Tomar - E-mail: Sprajwal939@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received August 1, 2025; Revised August 31, 2025; Accepted August 31, 2025, Published August 31, 2025

Abstract

Traumatic dental injures shows a serious impact on oral health and its incidences are increasing significantly over time. Permanent anterior teeth commonly affected. Study focused on prevalence of dental trauma among 12-15 years old school going children of Ghaziabad and assess risk factors related to traumatic injuries. A cross sectional study carried out by using a structured questionnaire and clinical examination to collect data from 323 subjects with a history of dental injury. Results revealed that prevalence of traumatic injuries found higher and on the whole, it was more in girls when compared to boys. Most common etiology of trauma being inability to recollects the incident. There is a need to enhance the understanding and awareness of the prevention of traumatic injuries.

Keywords

Trauma, dental injury, oral health, etiology, awareness

Citation

Sharma et al. Bioinformation 21(8): 2857-2861 (2025)

Edited by

Hiroj Bagde

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.