Table 1 Causes of trauma
From: Traumatic dental injuries in a university hospital: a four-year retrospective study
Cause of trauma | Number of patients n (%) | Male n (%) | Female n (%) | Permanent dentition n (%) | Decidious dentition n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 1305 (100) | 784 (100) | 521 (100) | 739 (100) | 537 (100) |
Falls (domestic) | 257 (19.7) | 144 (18.4) | 113 (21.7) | 76 (10.3) | 172 (32.0) |
Falls (outdoors) | 456 (34.9) | 228 (29.1) | 228 (43.8) | 214 (29.0) | 236 (43.9) |
Work accident | 22 (1.7) | 17 (2.2) | 5 (1.0) | 22 (3.0) | 0 |
Sport accident | 175 (13.4) | 128 (16.3) | 47 (9.0) | 146 (19.8) | 25 (4.7) |
Assaults | 87 (6.7) | 79 (10.1) | 8 (1.5) | 81 (11.0) | 5 (0.9) |
Traffic accident | 81 (6.2) | 56 (7.1) | 25 (4.8) | 66 (8.9) | 12 (2.2) |
Recreation accident | 115 (8.8) | 66 (8.4) | 49 (9.4) | 65 (8.8) | 47 (8.8) |
Other | 112 (8.6) | 66 (8.4) | 46 (8.8) | 68 (9.2) | 40 (7.4) |