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Dental trauma is a frequent occurrence in children and adolescent and a correct diagnosis and treatment are essential for a favourable long-term prognosis. The present Guidelines aim to formulate evidence-based recommendations to assist dentists, paediatricians, surgeons, teachers, school and sport staff, parents in the prevention and first aid of dental trauma in children and to provide a careful assessment of the medico-legal implications, reviewing the first draft of the guidelines published in 2012.

OBJECTIVES Carious pathology has a progres-sively degenerative trend which in the absence of adequate treatment can lead to injure the pulp organ, imposing an endodontic approach to the dental element. The aim of this work is to provide the clinical indications, the methods to be undertaken in the end-odontic treatment of the primary teeth, as well as the choice of the most suitable materials, in order to obtain predictable therapeutic results and safeguard the integrity of the elements involved.