The purpose of this study was to assess the post-traumatic sequelae and treatment outcome and the corresponding prognostic factors at the initial emergency visit. Over a 5-year period, the authors collected case records from 129 dental @entity130 @entity1 . These @entity1 had been referred subsequent to receiving emergency treatment after office hours at the Accident and Emergency Department of Singapore General Hospital. After the exclusion of 31 cases with concomitant @entity174 and/or mandible and cases with insufficient documentation, the final study sample consisted of 98 @entity1 (41 males, 57 females) who had sustained injuries to 264 permanent teeth. The main cause of dental @entity130 was falls (56%), and the main type of injuries was periodontal tissue injuries with or without concomitant injuries to hard tissue, including root @entity174 (73%). For the final evaluation, teeth with insufficient recall period were excluded before univariate and multivariate stepwise logistic regression analysis. It was found that for 100 teeth with @entity155 type of injuries, the presence of concomitant hard tissue injuries retained prognostic significance for pulpal outcome (p < 0.001) after adjusting for severity of @entity155 , while the severity of @entity155 was the only significant factor for periodontal outcome (p < 0.001). For 34 avulsed teeth, the stage of root development was the major factor associated with the pulpal outcome (p = 0.003), while extra-alveolar storage media were found to be significantly related to the periodontal outcome (p < 0.001). For 72 teeth with hard tissue injuries, first-visit interval played a significant role in the outcome (p = 0.03). Although the sample size in the root @entity174 group was too small for such statistical analysis, the results indicated that @entity1 education on dental @entity130 was an important factor. Thorough standardized documentation was also recommended to facilitate optimal follow-up management and future research as well as medico-legal purposes.

An evaluation of after-office-hour dental XXXX in Singapore.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity155 :: ('MESH:D014084', 'Disease') :: ['luxation'] @entity174 :: ('MESH:D050723', 'Disease') :: ['fracture', 'fracture of maxilla'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['trauma']
@entity130 :: (MESH:D014947,Disease) :: ['trauma']
