Perception of Teachers towards Traumatic Tooth Avulsion and Its Management amongst School Children
Dento-facial trauma remains one
of the important health problems faced in childhood and causes a lot of pain
and distress. It is very necessary to impart first aid care to reduce the
severity of outcomes. The prognosis of
such cases are entirely dependent upon correct and prompt emergency management
and correct referral, which has to be provided by the lay people available at
the site.
School and home are the most common
locations where traumatic dental injuries are prevalent. Falls, sports ,collisions,
physical
leisure activities, being struck by an object and traffic accidents are the
common listed causes of traumatic dental injuries. Amongst these, fall is most
common etiological factor. It is evident that these young children are predisposed
to falls due to immature motor coordination andhence are potentially at risk of
sustaining dental trauma .Among the
dental professionals, it is accepted that promptand adequate management of
traumatic dental injury isimportant factor for prognosis. The prognosis
quiteoften depends on people such as child’s parents and schoolteachers who are
present at the site of accident, prior toreferral to dentist, and who have only
little information about the prompt treatment that needs to rendered.
Materials & Methods:
Study design & study setting
This cross sectional study was conducted among schoolteachers of public and
private schools of Durg block. Sample selection A total of 150 teachers, who
gave an informed consent toparticipate in the study, were included in the
survey conducted between April & May 2013.
Ethical approva lThe study was
approved by the Institutional Review Board ofour college and a prior permission
was also obtained from theDistrict Education Officer, Durg. Questionnaire The
nature and the objectives of the study were first explained to the teachers in
their local language. The voluntary nature ofthe survey was emphasized and
confidentiality was assured.The questionnaire comprised of an 18 stemmed
questions to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding management
of traumatic tooth avulsion. The questionnaire was divided into two parts. All
questions included were close ended.
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