Research Article

Prevalence of Dental Trauma and Receipt of Its Treatment among Male School Children in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia

Table 1

Demographic profile of study participants.

Study variablesFrequency (%), N = 258

Class/grade
7th90 (34.9)
8th61 (23.6)
9th107 (41.5)

Monthly family income
Low (less than 10,000 SAR)13 (5.0)
Middle (10,000–20,000 SAR)132 (51.2)
High (more than 20,000 SAR)113 (43.8)

Paternal education
No school education118 (45.7)
School education70 (27.1)
College/university education70 (27.1)

Academic score
Poor (<70% grades)10 (3.9)
Average (70%–89% grades)47 (18.2)
Good (≥90% grades)201 (77.9)

Experienced dental trauma in the past
Yes102 (39.5)
No156 (60.5)
Treatment received
Yes53 (20.5)
No205 (79.5)

AgeMean ± SD
14.29 ± 1.11