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Reasons for tooth loss amongst Danish children and adolescents with traumatic dental injuries: an outcome-selected retrospective descriptive study.

European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · Mikkelsen MW, Henriksen JS, Jensen SS, Lauridsen E, Hermann NV · 2026-09-02

Researchers reviewed records of 80 traumatised permanent teeth in Danish children that were lost or predicted to be lost, finding that avulsion was the leading cause of tooth loss, though severe complications from other injury types also contributed.

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