AWARENESS OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF DENTAL TRAUMA IN CHILDREN AMONG PARENTS AND SCHOOL TEACHERS

Thejeswar EP , Dr.A.C.Kanthaswamy

Keywords: Traumatic dental injuries, Dental trauma, Parental knowledge, Emergency management, Teachers knowledge.

Introduction: Avulsions are very common in children. Children suffer many accidents due to their usual activities like Running, playing, skating, or riding bicycle which can occur both in home as well as in the school. Parents and teachers play a significant role in such emergency situations. Thus, aim of the current study is to evaluate the knowledge on emergency management of dental trauma in children among parents and school teachers. Materials and methods: A multi stage cluster sampling was employed dividing the study population into two groups. One group consists of one hundred school teachers from six elementary school in Chennai, Tamilnadu and in second group 100 parents of school going children were evaluated. This was the modified questionnaire that was used in the study done by Pani SC, Alolaiwi LA, AlRukban LA, et al. The questionnaire was divided to three parts. Part 1 consisted of questions about personal and professional profiles of the parents and teachers. Part 2 consisted of questions about their knowledge to dental injuries. Part 3 was concerned with their medical knowledge assessment regarding dental trauma. Results: Teachers had a slightly higher knowledge about the emergency management of dental traumatic injury when compared to parents. The difference in the mean knowledge score were found to be statistically significant with p value <0.05. The overall awareness percentage of the management of traumatic dental injuries was low among both parents and teachers. Conclusion: The knowledge of traumatic dental injuries among parents was very low, when compared to teachers. Education was a significant factor in the knowledge for teachers but not parents. Dental injury prevention and management is very important. Hence educational programs to improve the knowledge and awareness among the parents and teachers must be implemented. Keywords: Traumatic dental injuries, Dental trauma, Parental knowledge, Emergency management, Teachers knowledge.

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"AWARENESS OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF DENTAL TRAUMA IN CHILDREN AMONG PARENTS AND SCHOOL TEACHERS", IJSDR - International Journal of Scientific Development and Research (www.IJSDR.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.5, Issue 2, page no.258 - 263, February-2020, Available :https://ijsdr.org/papers/IJSDR2002044.pdf

Volume 5 Issue 2, February-2020

Pages : 258 - 263

Paper Reg. ID: IJSDR_191323

Published Paper Id: IJSDR2002044

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Research Area: Biological Science

Country: Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

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