Trauma Flashcards
What percentage of all schoolchildren experience dental trauma?
25%
What is the most common injury to permanent teeth?
uncomplicated crown fracture/enamel dentine fracture
What characteristic double the incidence of accidental trauma?
overjet >9mm
What history should be taken regarding the injury?
- when, where, how
- any other symptoms
- lost teeth/fragments
- investigate laceration for missing fragment
What medical history should be taken post injury?
- congenital and acquired heart anomalies
- immunosuppression
- consult physician
- vaccination status - tetanus
these conditions are not contraindications to treatment but appropriate additional abx may need to be given
What extra oral examinations should be undertaken post injury?
- lacerations
- haematomas
- haemorrhage
- subconjunctival haemorrhage
- bony step deformities
- mouth opening
What intra oral examinations should be undertaken post injury?
- soft tissue: penetrating wounds, foreign bodies
- alveolar bone
- occlusion: traumatic occlusion demands urgent treatment
- teeth
What 3 things may tooth mobility indicate?
- displacement
- root fracture
- bone fracture
What 3 things can transillumination show post injury?
- fracture lines in teeth
- pulpal degeneration
- caries
What 3 things can tactile test with probe look for post injury?
- horizontal fractures
- vertical fractures
- pulpal involvement
What special investigations can be carried out following injury?
- sensibility tests: thermal & electrical
- percussion
- radiographs: additional vertical angle to see root fractures
What 8 things are documented on a trauma stamp/chart?
- mobility
- displacement
- TTP
- colour
- sinus/tender in sulcus
- thermal
- electric (EPT)
- radiograph
For how long after an injury should sensibility testing be done?
5 years
- temp loss of sensibility is a frequent finding during post-traumatic healing, especially post luxations
What are 6 indications of loss of vitality?
- PDL widening
- arrested root development (though not always)
- TTP (slightly)
- slight tenderness in buccal sulcus
- poor response to sensibility testing
- discolouration
What are 4 indications that show obvious loss of vitality?
- periapical radiolucency
- infection
- pain
- inflammatory resorption
The prognosis of crown and root fractures can depend on which 5 things?
- age of child: mature/immature tooth
- type of injury
- combination of 2 different types of injuries in same tooth will be more detrimental - negative synergistic effect
- time between injury and treatment
- presence of infection
What are 4 aims of emergency management treatment?
- try and retain vitality by protecting exposed dentine
- treat exposed pulp tissue
- reduction and immobilisation of displaced teeth
- tetanus prophylaxis if indicated
What are 2 aims of intermediate management treatment?
- +/- pulp treatment
- restoration: minimally invasive
What are 4 aims of permanent management treatment?
- apexification
- root filling +/- root extrusion
- gingival and alveolar collar modification if required
- coronal restoration
What is the definition of infraction?
incomplete enamel fracture without tissue loss
What is the definition of enamel fracture?
a fracture confined to the enamel with loss of tooth structure
What is the definition of enamel-dentine fracture?
a fracture confined to enamel and dentine with loss of tooth structure, but not involving the pulp
What is the definition of uncomplicated fracture?
no pulpal involvement
What investigations should be done for crown fractures?
- PA + soft tissue exam
- evaluate size of pulp chamber and stage of root development
- sensibility testing
What material should be used as a liner for fractures within 0.5mm of pulp?
calcium hydroxide
What are the 2 treatment options for crown fractures?
- rebond fragment, rehydrate in water or saline for 20 mins prior to rebonding
- composite dressing
How often should sensibility tests be carried out after trauma?
1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year then yearly for 5 years
What clinical test should be carried out after trauma to monitor tooth?
trauma stamp
What should be examined on radiographs in order to monitor tooth after trauma?
- root development - width of canal and length
- comparison with other side
- internal and external inflammatory resorption
What is the pulp survival rate for open and closed concussion?
open - 95%
closed - 85%
What is the pulp survival rate for open and closed subluxation?
open - 80%
closed - 50%
What is the pulp survival rate for open and closed extrusion?
open - 60%
closed - 20%
What is the pulp survival rate for open and closed lateral luxation?
open - 65%
closed - 15%
What is the pulp survival rate for open and closed intrusion?
open - 0%
closed - 0%
What is the definition of enamel-dentine-pulp fracture?
a fracture involving enamel and dentine with loss of tooth structure and exposure of the pulp
What is the definition of a complicated fracture?
involving the pulp
How should a enamel-dentine-pulp fracture be assessed?
- PA
- evaluate like uncomplicated crown fracture
What factors does treatment depend upon for a enamel-dentine-pulp fracture?
- size of exposure
- time since exposure
prognosis depends on: associated luxation injuries
What is the treatment for a tiny exposure and within 24 hours of trauma for enamel-dentine-pulp fracture?
- direct pulp cap with calcium hydroxide
- hermetic seal (composite)
What is the treatment for a large exposure or more than 24 hours since trauma for enamel-dentine-pulp fracture?
- pulpotomy - partial (Cvek) or full coronal: with Biodentine, white MTA
- hermetic seal (composite)
What is the treatment for a large exposure with no vital tissue remaining in the coronal portion after enamel-dentine-pulp fracture?
- pulpectomy (open apex) - calcium hydroxide, then MTA/biodentine to produce apical stop and then obturate
- pulpectomy and conventional root treatment in closed apex tooth
Which treatment is being described?
- LA and rubber dam
- pulp tissue (2-3mm) excised with diamond bur
- normal bleeding stops with moist cotton wool
- rinse gently with sterile saline
- apply biodentine/calcium hydroxide dressing to pulp
- hermetic seal with composite
partial pulpotomy
Which treatment is being described?
- after doing a partial pulpotomy, if no bleeding/uncontrollable bleeding proceed to this treatment
- excised all pulp in chamber with excavator/round bur
- normal bleeding stops with moist cotton roll
- rinse gently with sterile saline
- apply biodentine/calcium hydroxide dressing to pulp
- hermetic seal with composite
- rebonding a fragment can still be done after rehydration and after the pulp has been treated
full coronal pulpotomy
What is the success rate of a partial pulpotomy?
97%
What is the success rate of a full coronal pulpotomy?
75%
What are 6 advantages of MTA?
- sets in a wet environment
- good sealing properties
- easy to visualise radiographically
- not soluble
- doesn’t interact with other materials
- some antibacterial properties
Which 2 radiographs can be taken to investigate root fractures?
- PA
- upper standard occlusal
from at least 2 angles
What is the treatment for an undisplaced, not mobile root fracture?
soft diet and monitor vitality
What is the treatment for a displaced and mobile root fracture?
- reposition
- splint
How long should a tooth be splinted following a root fracture in the apical/middle third?
flexible splint for 4 weeks
How long should a tooth be splinted following a root fracture in the coronal third?
flexible splint for 4 months
Which type of root fractures require longer splinting for stability and take longer to heal?
coronal third fracture
What are 3 potential outcomes for a healing root fracture injury?
- calcified tissue union across fracture line
- connective tissue
- calcified and connective tissue
What is a potential outcome for a non-healing root fracture injury?
- granulation tissue (usually associated with loss of vitality)
What is the splinting time for a subluxation?
passive-flexible 2 weeks
What is the splinting time for an extrusion?
passive-flexible 2 weeks
What is the splinting time for a luxation?
passive-flexible 4 weeks
What is the splinting time for an avulsion?
passive-flexible 2 weeks
What is the splinting time for an apical/middle third root fracture?
passive-flexible 4 weeks
What is the splinting time for a coronal third fracture?
passive-flexible 4 months
What is the splinting time for a dento-alveolar fracture?
passive-flexible 4 weeks
What size wire should be used for splinting?
<0.4mm, labial placement
What is the definition of crown-root fractures not involving the pulp?
fracture involving enamel, dentine and cementum with loss of tooth structure, but not exposing the pulp
What is the definition of crown root fracture involving the pulp?
a fracture involving enamel, dentine and cementum with loss of tooth structure and exposure of the pulp
What are the treatment options for crown root fractures?
- extract coronal portion: 1.root-fill, extrude root and restore, 2.root fill if possible then cover root with mucoperiostial flap and retain, this maintains height and width of alveolus
- extract whole tooth and restore space
What are 5 requirements for extrusion?
- good OH, low caries rate
- sufficient adjacent teeth
- eventual position - crown/root ratio not <50:50
- will 4-6mm of rapid extrusion over 4-6 weeks bring the fractured surface coronal to the biological width?
- some gingiva and bone removal often required after extrusion
What is the most common primary teeth trauma?
luxation
What is the peak incidence age of primary traumas?
2-4 years
What percentage of injury in the primary dentition are enamel cracks, enamel dentine fractures and enamel dentine pulp fractures?
7-13%
What percentage of injury in the primary dentition are crown root fractures?
2%
What percentage of injury in the primary dentition are root fractures?
2-4%
What percentage of injury in the primary dentition are luxations?
62-69%
What percentage of injury in the primary dentition are avulsions?
7-13%
What percentage of risk is there of risk of damage to the permanent tooth?
50%