This video is an introduction on
how to use the Dental Trauma Guide
Dental Trauma Guide is a website
that wil give you very easy access to
the correct dental trauma diagnosis,
it will show you the latest treatment guidelines for dental trauma
developed by the International Association of Dental Traumatology
and, it will give you specific prognosis estimation for
for all the different types of dental trauma
Within a few minutes,
while your patient is waiting on the chair
you can get access to all the information you need
For students
If you are a student
or you do not treat trauma very often
you might want to begin with the section called Patient Examination
In this section you can read what questions you need to ask your patient
How to perform a correct a clinical and radiographic examination,
photographic registration and a detailed explanation of
the Eden Baysal Index for standardized registration.
The Trauma Pathfinder
To reach the correct diagnosis, you can use
you can use the Trauma Pathfinder
Here, you'll be let to the correct diagnosis through a series of questions
For example:
Is there tooth displacement?
-Yes
Is there abnormal mobility?
- No
What is the direction of the displacement?
- Let's say it was retrusive.
Pathfinder will show me that the injury is a Lateral Luxation
It can also be a really good idea
to get an understanding about
how the different tissues have been damaged
In the Etiology section
You can see how the pulp, the periodontal tissue,
the root surface and the bone
have been affected in each specific injury type.
If you are an experienced dentist or a specialist
then it is likely that you have already identified the correct diagnosis
before logging on to the Dental Trauma Guide
In this case, you can access the treatment advice and prognosis page
directly through the left side of the panel of each injury
Dental Trauma Guide provides detailed animations
of the recommended treatment,
showing the proceadure step by step.
You can pause it, and rewind it at your convinience
The animations also include instructions for the patient and a recommended follow-up program
Now your patient may ask you –What is the risk of long term complications?
If you continue to the prognosis section
You will get a complete risk profile for your patient
based on the important predictors such as,
state of root development, and the presence of a chroma sum crown fracture
There are many different trauma types
and very often they occur in combination
so dental trauma really is a complex discipline.
It can be difficult to be completely updated
on the latest research or the lates treatment guidelines
if you don't treat dental trauma in a regular basis
Dental Trauma Guide is a tool to make it easier for you
to give your patients the best treatment.
We hope you will enjoy it.