Key Points
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The management of injuries is based on fast and accurate diagnosis.
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General dental practitioners are likely to encounter traumatic injuries at any time.
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This article acts as an aide-memoire for use in the acute setting to ensure that the correct initial management is carried out, thus ensuring the best possible long-term prognosis.
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The aesthetics of the mouth are important in determining overall facial attractiveness. People with a relatively normal dental appearance are perceived as more attractive, more intelligent and more desirable as friends.1 Although the oral region comprises only 1% of the body area it accounts for 5% of all bodily injuries, and of facial injuries, dental injuries are the most common.2 A US survey among people aged 6-50 years showed that 1 in 4 had evidence of dental trauma.3
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Tagar, H., Djemal, S. Oral surgery II: Part 1. Acute management of dentoalveolar trauma. Br Dent J 223, 407–416 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2017.805
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