Introduction: Traumatic dental injury is a neglected oral condition despite its relatively high prevalence and significant impact on individuals as well as society. There is a consensus that the maxillary anterior teeth are most commonly traumatized. Consequently, traumatic injuries to these teeth pose a tremendous challenge to the treating dentist, both in terms of dealing with the sequelae of injuries and preventing their occurrence. Although treatment of fractured anterior teeth has received considerable attention, little importance has been given to the study of correlation between the pattern of traumatic dental injuries and its associated factors.
Case series: A total of ten cases sought to establish and assess the relationship between the pattern of traumatic dental injuries in maxillary anterior teeth and its associated factors such as lip competence, malocclusion, and overjet as well as variables such as type of injury, vitality of the tooth, amount of tooth structure lost, and effect of velocity on trauma.
Discussion: This case series showed that increased overjet, incompetent lips, Class II malocclusion, fall injuries, and higher force of impact has an association with the pattern of traumatic dental injuries. Ellis Class III fracture was the most common type of fracture observed involving the mesial incisal edges of central maxillary incisors.
Conclusion: The present case series concludes that factors such as gender, cause of injury, and anatomy of tooth effect the pattern of maxillary anterior traumatic dental injuries. However, more clinical studies are required to highlight the prevalence of TDIs.
Parole chiave: Traumatic dental injuries, fracture pattern, management
