Traumatic dental injuries over an 8-year period at a German dental center: a retrospective overview and cross-sectional analysis

International Journal of Implant Dentistry

Table 9 Cross-sectional subsample of patients: indications for implant treatment after previous injury to any affected teeth

	Restoration			Indication for implant treatment						Non-implant measures taken
Types of traumatic injury	Not indicated			Implant placed			Implant planned			Restored			Left edentulous			All tooth sites
(PDL, DHT, PDL + DHT)	n	%	%	n	%	%	n	%	%	n	%	%	n	%	%	n	%	%
PDL injuries	259		90.6	5		1.7	6		2.1	6		2.1	10		3.5	286		100
% based on injury types		48.3			41.7			40.0			26.1			83.3			47.8
DHT injuries	132		86.3	7		4.6	3		2.0	9		5.9	2		1.3	153		100
% based on injury types		24.6			58.3			20.0			39.1			16.7			25.6
PDL + DHT injuries	145		91.2	0		0.0	6		3.8	8		5.0	0		0.0	159		100
% based on injury types		27.1			0.0			40.0			34.8			0.0			26.6
All injuries	536		89.6	12		2.0	15		2.5	23		3.8	12		2.0	598		100
Total %		100			100			100			100			100			100

DHT dental hard tissue, PDL periodontal ligament
Likelihood of implant treatment after traumatic dental injuries: p = 0.007 (Pearson's Chi-squared test)