Evaluate the Prevalence of Dental Trauma in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Abstract

Background and aim:Today understanding of dental trauma etiology among children is controversial. The aim of present Systematic review and meta-analysis was evaluate the prevalence of dental trauma in children.

Method:From the electronic databases, PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase have been used to perform a systematic literature between 2010 and May 2021. Therefore, a software program (Endnote X8) has been utilized for managing the electronic titles. Prevalence with 95% confidence interval (CI), Random effect model and restricted maximum-likelihood (REML) method were calculated. Random effects were used to deal with potential heterogeneity and I² showed heterogeneity. I² values above 50% signified moderate-to-high heterogeneity. The Meta analysis have been evaluated with the statistical software Stata/MP v.16 (The fastest version of Stata).

Result:A total of 1201 potentially relevant titles and abstracts were found during the electronic and manual search. Finally, a total of ten publications fulfilled the inclusion criteria required for this systematic review. Prevalence of fall was Road traffic accidents, fall, sports, violence and other  was 27%, 44%, 25% , 8% and 7.91% , Respectively.

Conclusion:The highest prevalence etiology of dental trauma was fall, road traffic accidents. Planning to reduce the risk of falling in children is very important.