Dental Trauma in Children with Autistic Disorder: A Retrospective Study

Table 2

Distribution of the different kinds of trauma, affected lips with their prevalent lesions, treatments, associated lesions and disorders, and long-term management in the sample and the control group.

	Autistic group	Control group	value
Dental trauma type
Enamel fracture	19 (54%)	22 (63%)	<0.012
Enamel/dentin/pulp fracture	11 (31%)	2 (6%)
Root fracture	4 (11%)	4 (11%)
Avulsion	1 (3%)	7 (20%)
Soft tissue lip injury location
Upper lip and lower lip	0 (0%)	7 (20%)	<0.005
Lower lip	35 (100%)	28 (80%)
Soft tissue lip injury type
Erosion and ulcerations	33 (94%)	33 (94%)
Erosion	2 (6%)	2 (6%)
Treatments
Composite restorative technique	12 (34%)	17 (49%)	<0.057
Composite restorative technique and root canal therapy	9 (26%)	2 (6%)
Checkup	8 (23%)	13 (37%)
Tooth extraction	6 (17%)	3 (9%)
Associated soft tissue findings
Chin erosion	19 (95%)	24 (83%)	<0.20
Finger biting	1 (5%)	5 (17%)
Associated disorders
Epilepsy	9 (29%)	11 (52%)	<0.089
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)	22 (71%)	10 (48%)
Long-term management
Root canal therapy	10 (50%)	13 (81%)	<0.052
Extraction	10 (50%)	3 (19%)

Significant at .