Assessment of time taken to treat XXXX in Nigerian @entity1 .

@entity1 @entity174 @entity8495 @entity130
AIM: To assess the clinical time (diagnosis and treatment times) to manage traumatic @entity8495 (TDIs) in @entity1 attending paediatric dental clinics in Nigeria. STUDY DESIGN: Cross sectional observational pilot study on @entity1 presenting at four government hospitals in South West Nigeria over a 3-month period. METHODS: @entity8495 was classified using the method recommended by Andreasen et al. [2003]. A standardized protocol was followed and the details of the diagnosis time, treatment time and total clinical time for management of different @entity130 to the primary and permanent dentition were recorded and calculated on a data collection form. RESULTS: There were 73 @entity8495 in 39 @entity1 . For the primary dentition, complicated crown @entity174 had the highest average total treatment time namely 76.0  48.1 minutes as well as the highest average number of visits (2.6 visits). More time was spent manageing the same level of injury in the permanent dentition than in the primary dentition. For the permanent dentition, extrusive @entity130 had the highest average total treatment time (103.3  11.5 minutes). CONCLUSION: The clinical time for management of @entity8495 in @entity1 was relatively high and varied by @entity130 .
