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Tooth avulsion

MedGen UID:
52785
•Concept ID:
C0040443
•
Injury or Poisoning
Synonyms: Avulsed Tooth; Avulsion, Tooth; Avulsions, Tooth; Tooth Avulsion; Tooth Avulsions; Tooth, Avulsed
SNOMED CT: Complete avulsion of tooth (109671008); Complete dislocation of tooth (109671008); Tooth knocked out (109671008); Avulsion of tooth (109671008); Avulsed tooth (109671008); Exarticulation of tooth (109671008)
 
HPO: HP:0034415

Definition

A type of dental trauma characterized by total dislocation of the tooth from its socket. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVTooth avulsion

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Characteristics, treatment outcomes and direct costs of tooth avulsion in children treated at a major hospital.
DiPaolo M, Townsend J, Peng J, McTigue DJ, Azadani EN
Dent Traumatol 2023 Jun;39(3):240-247. Epub 2023 Jan 16 doi: 10.1111/edt.12817. PMID: 36645696
Management of Head and Neck Injuries by the Sideline Physician.
Usman S
Am Fam Physician 2022 Nov;106(5):543-548. PMID: 36379500
School Teachers' Knowledge and Attitudes about the Emergency Management of Traumatic Dental Injuries in Turkey.
Kurnaz S, Bayraktar C
Community Dent Health 2021 Aug 31;38(3):215-219. doi: 10.1922/CDH_00375Kurnaz05. PMID: 34029019

Recent systematic reviews

Interventions for managing medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw.
Beth-Tasdogan NH, Mayer B, Hussein H, Zolk O, Peter JU
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 Jul 12;7(7):CD012432. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012432.pub3. PMID: 35866376Free PMC Article
Antibiotics at replantation of avulsed permanent teeth? A systematic review.
Bourgeois J, Carvalho JC, De Bruyne M, Declerck D, Eloot A, Leroy R
J Evid Based Dent Pract 2022 Jun;22(2):101706. Epub 2022 Mar 2 doi: 10.1016/j.jebdp.2022.101706. PMID: 35718435
Developmental Dental Defects in Permanent Teeth Resulting from Trauma in Primary Dentition: A Systematic Review.
Caeiro-Villasenín L, Serna-Muñoz C, Pérez-Silva A, Vicente-Hernández A, Poza-Pascual A, Ortiz-Ruiz AJ
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Jan 10;19(2) doi: 10.3390/ijerph19020754. PMID: 35055575Free PMC Article
Cell-Based Therapy for Tooth Replantation Following Avulsion: A Systematic Review.
Chew JRJ, Tan BL, Lu JX, Tong HJ, Duggal MS
Tissue Eng Part B Rev 2022 Apr;28(2):351-363. Epub 2021 Mar 31 doi: 10.1089/ten.TEB.2021.0016. PMID: 33593127
Injuries in karate: systematic review.
Thomas RE, Ornstein J
Phys Sportsmed 2018 Sep;46(3):279-303. Epub 2018 May 22 doi: 10.1080/00913847.2018.1472510. PMID: 29737221

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