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Clinical consequences, treatment status, and parental awareness of traumatic dental injuries among high school students: a cross-sectional study in Cairo.

BMC oral health · Elhousiny MA, Salem NA, Fawzy MI, Mahmoud MM · 2026-09-05

Among adolescents in Cairo with traumatic dental injuries, most teeth remained untreated and showed more complications than treated ones, while parents had limited knowledge about emergency management and mouthguard use was rare.

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