Physical education undergraduates and dental trauma knowledge.
The aim of the present study was to assess the level of knowledge of undergraduates from the College of Physical Education (Toledo, Araçatuba) concerning dental avulsion injuries. Data showed that 95% of the respondents did not know what dental avulsion is, 73.5% said they know how to define dental replantation, however, only 26% were able to do it correctly. When asked about first emergency measures after an avulsion, 50% of the respondents said they know what they should do, and the most cited measure was to seek a dentist. When asked about optimal storage media, 45.5% would keep it in a favorable one, and 28% did not know where to keep the tooth until treatment. Only 25.6% indicated a suitable extra-oral time for replantation; 90.3% of the respondents had received no advice about the emergency management of dental avulsion; 90% said they consider this an important and necessary subject. The results indicated that educational campaigns are necessary to improve the emergency management of dental injuries by those future P.E. professors for a better prognosis of dental replantation.
Panzarini
Sônia Regina
SR
Department of Surgery and Integrated Clinic, Dental School of Araçatuba - UNESP, Araçatuba, Brazil. panzarin@foa.unesp.br
Pedrini
Denise
D
Brandini
Daniela Atili
DA
Poi
Wilson Roberto
WR
Santos
Manoel Ferreira
MF
Correa
João Paulo Toscani
JP
Silva
Fernando Ferreira
FF
D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D010806:Physical Education and Training; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014084:Tooth Avulsion / Q000628:therapy*; D018677:Tooth Injuries / Q000628:therapy*