Social and Psychological Impact of Traumatic Dental Injuries in Children and Adolescents: A Review of Literature

Volume 4 - Issue 3

Kumar S¹, Neha², Kaur G³, Kashyap N⁴*, Palak¹ and Radhe A¹

Received: July 02, 2020;   Published: July 27, 2020

DOI: 10.32474/IPDOAJ.2020.04.000188

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Abstract

Traumatic dental injuries in childhood are quite commonplace, with a reported occurrence of up to 30% globally. The effect of traumatic dental injuries can have adverse effects on the child, his family and the dentist treating the child. This is an area which has always been neglected. The psychological effect of TDIs are individual for each patient and as such should be treated as a whole. Children who had suffered a traumatic dental injury seems to have the worse oral health related quality of life and they are more likely to have low self-esteem when their dental injuries are not properly treated. Children who have dental anomalies are judged poorly by their peers and the society as a whole and these judgements are increased many folds due to the presence of social media. At present there is a lack of proper research to study the psychological effect of traumatic dental injuries. Currently though there is advancement in the field of managing traumatic dental injuries there is still a lack of awareness regarding the young patient’s experience and values.

Keywords: Traumatic dental injuries; psychological; children

Abstract| Introduction| Stages of Psychological Development| Psychosocial Aspects of Traumatic Dental Injuries| Ways to Explore the Impact of Traumatic Dental Injury| Conclusion| References|