Evaluation of sixth grade primary schoolchildren's knowledge about avulsion and dental reimplantation.
Dental trauma, particularly tooth avulsion, is a frequent cause of tooth loss in children, adolescents, and young adults. The avulsed tooth should be immediately reimplanted in its alveolus. This procedure can be performed by anyone at the accident site and not only by dental surgeons. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the knowledge of sixth graders of the city of Araçatuba, SP, about dental avulsion and tooth reimplantation through a structured and standardized survey. Our sample consisted of 778 students. The data collected was processed using the program EPIINFO 2000. Most students were around 12 years of age and 94.5% related to practice some kind of sports. Results demonstrated that the possibility of tooth reimplantation after dental avulsion is not acknowledged among these students and dental traumatism was associated to caries, toothache, and use of orthodontic appliances. Only 18.9% of the students associated dental traumatism to an impact trauma; 3.6% would store the tooth in milk, and 3.1% believed the tooth could be reimplanted by anyone present at the accident site. In summary, the results show an overall the lack of knowledge about dental traumatism and highlight the need of special programs designed to educate school-aged students about emergency procedures to handle cases of dental traumatisms.
Castilho
Lithiene Ribeiro
LR
Department of Surgery and Integrated Clinics, School of Dentistry of Araçatuba, São Paulo State University, Rua José Bonifácio 1193, Bairro Vila Mendonça, Araçatuba, SP, Brazil. lithiene@hotmail.com
Sundefeld
Maria Lucia Marçal Mazza
ML
de Andrade
Dalton Francisco
DF
Panzarini
Sônia Regina
SR
Poi
Wilson Roberto
WR
D000058:Accidental Falls; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000818:Animals; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001938:Brazil; D002417:Cattle; D002648:Child; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006267:Health Education, Dental; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008892:Milk; D009064:Mouth Protectors; D019188:Organ Preservation Solutions / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009967:Orthodontic Appliances; D013177:Sports; D014084:Tooth Avulsion / Q000523:psychology*; D018677:Tooth Injuries / Q000523:psychology; D014090:Tooth Replantation / Q000523:psychology*; D014098:Toothache / Q000523:psychology
D019188:Organ Preservation Solutions