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Management of dental trauma by general practitioners
Nicholas Beech1, Eileen Tan-Gore, Karrar Bohreh
1MBBS, BSc, Principal House Officer in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Gold Coast University Hospital, Brisbane, QLD.
Background:
Patients who sustain dental trauma commonly present to their general practitioner (GP) or the emergency department, especial-ly to seek help after hours. It is important, therefore, for medical practitioners to correctly diagnose and manage these patients.
Objective:
The purpose of this paper is to familiarise GPs with different presentations of dental-related trauma, and a brief management plan for each condition.
Discussion:
Time is of the utmost importance when dealing with trauma in the dentition. Initial management of dental trauma, primarily by GPs working in rural or remote areas, can have a significant impact on the prognosis of oral hard and soft tissues.
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