title: Prehospital emergency management of avulsed permanent teeth: Knowledge and attitude of school teachers.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Tooth avulsion is one of the most serious dental emergencies in children. Often these injuries occur in school and, therefore, the knowledge of school teachers regarding the appropriate measures to be taken immediately after tooth avulsion is crucial to good prognosis.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of the present study was to evaluate school teachers' knowledge and attitudes regarding immediate management of avulsed teeth in children.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 177 teachers from seven schools of Garhshankar town, Hoshiarpur District, Punjab, India, formed the sample of the study. A self-administered questionnaire consisting of 16 questions was used to assess the knowledge and attitudes of school teachers about tooth avulsion and its management.
  
  
  METHODS
  The chi-square test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used for analysis. Pair-wise comparison was done using Tukey's honestly significant difference (HSD) test. P ≤ 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Markedly low knowledge levels were noted among the school teachers. The mean knowledge score was 5 (of a maximum possible score of 10). Only 0.6% of the teachers answered correctly that they would use milk as a transport medium. The number of correct responses was not affected by previous experience with tooth avulsion, sex, educational level, teaching experience, or teacher training. Overall, 85.9% of teachers showed a positive attitude towards this campaign.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Knowledge regarding emergency management of dental trauma is poor amongst school teachers. Therefore, we suggest that orientation to management of avulsed tooth be part of the teacher training education.
authors.affiliation: Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Amritsar, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Harkiran
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.forename: Supreet
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.forename: Hargundeep
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaur
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D004522:Educational Status; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D005260:Female; D006267:Health Education, Dental; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008892:Milk; D019188:Organ Preservation Solutions / Q000627:therapeutic use; D057566:Self Report; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching; D014084:Tooth Avulsion / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D019188:Organ Preservation Solutions