Dental Trauma among Iranian Children and Adolescents: A Comprehensive Study

Background Various accidents threaten children and adolescents. One of these accidents is Traumatic dental injury (TDI). This study aimed to review systematically TDI in children and adolescents in Iran. Materials and Methods: This study is a systematic review of the literature that has searched TDI articles from the April 2000 to 31 April 2020. Search was conducted by the keywords Persian and English including Epidemiology, Prevalence, Traumatic Injuries, Dental Trauma, Traumatic dental injury, Etiology, Pediatric, Children, Adolescent, Iran, in English or their Persian equivalent using the "AND" & "OR" search strategy. Search was conducted at the domestic sites of Iran (SID), Magiran, Iran Doc, as well as at international sites such as Scopus, PubMed/Medline, EMBASE, Web of Science, Cinahl, and Science Direct. The articles were analyzed after entering the End Note x8 software and reviewing them according to the instructions of the systematic review articles. Results: In this review, all the studies conducted in Persian and English language in the context of DT among Iranian children and adolescents were evaluated. Finally, eight articles entered this systematic review. The sample size in 8 extracted articles was equal to 4,567 children and adolescents. According to the findings, the prevalence ranged from 8.9 to 36.9. The prevalence of dental trauma was also higher in boys and adolescents of the male sex. One of the most common causes of fall trauma as well as trauma occurred in environments such as home, school, playground and passages. Conclusion Given that most dental trauma occurs in boys; it is necessary to give this group the necessary training to reduce trauma