What is the status of Dental Trauma Guide?
In 2005 it was decided to combine all the existing trauma databases covering various dental trauma entities at the University Hospital in Copenhagen to one unit. This involved harmonizing 18 individual trauma studies. In 2008 the data from these 18 studies had been harmonized and were ready for an overall predictor analysis; this project is about to be completed now. The first version of the Dental Trauma Guide (version 1.0) includes all injuries affecting the permanent dentition and is now available on the internet and is currently being tested for its reliability by four trauma centers. The next step in the development of the Dental Trauma Guide will be to incorporate information about primary tooth injuries and their subsequent sequelae to permanent successors; this work is planned to be ready for release early 2010 (Version 2.0).
