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Traumatic Dental Injuries Among Young Orthodontic Patients in Public Dental Health Service: Patterns of Occurrence and Referral Routines.

Clinical and experimental dental research · Thelen DS, Skeie IG, Aria MN, Beyene MMR, Bårdsen A, Sulo G · 2026-08-01

Among young orthodontic patients in Western Norway, traumatic dental injuries affected one in six participants, were more common in males, and typically involved one or two maxillary central incisors with mild severity; however, referral documentation was often inadequate unless the injury was moderate or severe.

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