Evaluation of the knowledge of the treatment of avulsions in elementary school teachers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Avulsions are very common in a school setting. Teachers are often requested to help in such emergency situations. A survey consisting of seven simple questions regarding dental avulsion was answered by 60 teachers from five different elementary schools in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in order to evaluate their knowledge on the subject and establish a guideline to be followed when an accident of this type happens. A lack of technical information was observed among the teachers; most of them answered intuitively rather than on an informative basis. This study showed the need of a more effective communication between dental professionals and school teachers in order to better handle dental emergencies.
Pacheco
Luciana Fernandes
LF
Universidade Gama Filho, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Filho
Paulo Ferreira Garcia
PF
Letra
Ariadne
A
Menezes
Renato
R
Villoria
German Eduardo Miguel
GE
Ferreira
Sonia Maria
SM
D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching; D014021:Tissue Preservation; D014084:Tooth Avulsion / Q000628:therapy*