Reasons for the extraction of permanent teeth as a result of urgent surgical treatment in children and adolescents in the maxillo-facial hospital.

Abstract

Introduction. The loss of permanent teeth continues to be considered an important social marker of the dental status of the society, and this is especially important in children and adolescents, when the loss of even one tooth can lead to irreversible changes in the dental and jaw complex.
Goal. To study the reasons for the extraction of permanent teeth in children and adolescents in a maxillofacial surgery hospital.
Research methods. Analysis of the disease histories archive of the children and adolescents who were treated in the maxillofacial department of the Lviv Regional Clinical Hospital during 2019–2022.
The results. It was determined that the main reason for the permanent teeth extraction was the odontogenic inflammatory processes – 81.68±5.46%. Te teeth loss because of the traumatic injuries were in 13.84±3.27% persons, and tumors and tumor-like processes that required tooth extraction – 5.00±2.78%.
Conclusion. The main reason which leads to the removal of permanent teeth in children and adolescents were various forms of the odontogenic inflammatory processes and their complications which indicates an imperfect oral cavity sanation, as well as a careless attitude, of the growing children and their parents to oral health.