228 - Pediatric Dental Emergencies within an Urban Population: A Retrospective Review.

Purpose: To determine tendencies in the demographics of dental emergencies for patients who presented to Children’s Health Emergency Department-Dallas.

Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted on all patients who presented for an emergency dental visit to the Children’s Health ED between September 2016 to April 2021. Data included age, gender, clinical diagnosis, and time of injury. Frequency and descriptive statistics were obtained. Data was analyzed by Chi-Square analysis, or T-tests where appropriate. Significance was reported p< 0.05.

Results: Positive but weak correlation between dental emergency and temperature. Upper central teeth are most common for trauma. Additionally, boys presented with more trauma than girls.

Conclusions: While not all tooth and facial trauma are able to be prevented, emergency room visits due to infections can be with more anticipatory guidance. Within this guidance, gender predilection can also be communicated. No seasonal differences in emergency visits were significant in this study. More studies can be conducted in states where temperatures are lower during wintertime.