School Teachers’ Knowledge and Attitudes about the Emergency Management of Traumatic Dental Injuries in Turkey      
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Safa Kurnaz
Kütahya Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Community Dental Health
Dergi ISSN 0265-539X Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q4
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 01-2021
Cilt No 38
Sayı 3
Sayfalar 215 / 219
DOI Numarası 10.1922/CDH_00375Kurnaz05
Özet
The emergency management of traumatized teeth is critical to their long-term outcomes. In school-aged children, most traumatic dental injuries (TDI) occur at school and teachers are often required to manage dental trauma (DT) emergencies. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine teachers' knowledge and attitudes about TDI. Survey in 147 randomly selected schools in 53 cities in Turkey. A questionnaire enquiring about demographic data, knowledge of DT, and knowledge of first aid related to DT was distributed to primary school teachers. 1,634 completed questionnaires were returned (65% response rate). 92.5% of the teachers were not satisfied with their DT knowledge, and almost all (97.8%) had never received DT training, although 28.1% had witnessed at least one case of DT. In the case of tooth avulsion, 26.4% believed that an avulsed tooth would be permanently lost, whereas 28.9% knew that a permanent tooth could be replanted. Knowledge of emergency management of TDI among schoolteachers in Turkey is inadequate, and training on their emergency management should be provided.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Trauma | child | emergency treatment | primary school teacher