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Knowledge and attitude of primary school teachers in emergency management of dental trauma: A cross sectional study

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Reddy, Arvind
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	Background:School is one of the locations with greatest prevalence of traumatic dental injuries. School teachers form the group who commonly supervise the physical activities of school children. So, awareness about emergency management of dental trauma among primary school teachers is an important concept for long term maintenance of oral health. Objectives: (a) To assess knowledge and attitude of primary school teachers in emergency management of dental trauma and (b), to impart knowledge regarding the emergency management of dental trauma among primary school teachers in Vikarabad town. Methods: A total of 150 primary school teachers from 31 randomly selected primary schools in Vikarabad town were interviewed using a questionnaire regarding management of dental trauma. The completed proforma was collected and the results were statistically analyzed to know the knowledge and attitudes regarding emergency management of dental trauma. Results: 37.3% of primary school teachers reported that tooth fracture was the most common dental emergency among school children and 58.6% of them had never experience the management of dental trauma. 32% of teachers were cleaning the avulsed teeth with the tap water and 24% of them were unaware of management of avulsed teeth. Majority of primary school teachers were eager to have knowledge regarding dental trauma through continuous dental education programs and workshops Conclusion: The research clearly implicates that the primary school teachers in Vikarabad town had little and poor knowledge of emergency management of dental trauma.
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