Evaluation of Knowledge Level and Awareness of Parents About Avulsion and Crown Fracture

Year 2021, Volume: 7 Issue: 3, 382 - 389, 31.12.2021

Çiğdem Güler , Nihal Beldüz Kara , Didem Türken

https://doi.org/10.19127/mbsjohs.1000211

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge levels and awareness of avulsions and crown fractures of the parents. The study is important to understand how to improve parents' knowledge level related to dental treatment of avulsion and crown fracture.
Methods: The parents of pediatric patients who applied to Ordu University Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Pediatric Dentistry during April-June 2017 were the target group for this study. A questionnaire was formulated to evaluate the parents’ knowledge levels and awareness of avulsions and crown fractures. Five hundred and seventy-five parents answered the questionnaire. The participation rate was 68.3%. Data were analyzed statistically.
Results: Approximately one-half of the parents in this study were in their thirties, and 61.9% of the parents were males. Only 29.9% of the parents were university graduates, and more than one-half had not attended a first aid course. The chi-squared test indicated that there was no statistically significant difference between the correct answer percentage and the age, gender, and affected by dental trauma (P>0.05). However, a statistically significant difference was found between the correct answer percentage and the educational level, first aid course attendance, see a dental trauma, and preferred institution for emergency dental treatment (P<0.05). The parents’ level of knowledge and awareness of avulsions and crown fractures was 40.2% or “poor”.
Conclusion: The parents’ knowledge levels and awareness of avulsions and crown fractures should be increased through educational programs.

Keywords

Dental trauma, parents, questionnaire

References

• 1. Diangelis AJ, Andreasen JO, Ebeleseder KA, Kenny DJ, Trope M, et al. Guidelines for the Management of Traumatic Dental Injuries: 1. Fractures and Luxations of Permanent Teeth. Pediatr Dent 2017; 39(6): 401-411.
• 2. Andreasen JO, Andreasen FM, Andersson L. Textbook and Color Atlas of Traumatic Injuries to the Teeth. 5th ed. Wiley-Blackwell; 2018.
• 3. Caldas AF Jr, Burgos ME. A retrospective study of traumatic dental injuries in a Brazilian dental trauma clinic. Dent Traumatol 2001; 17(6): 250-3.
• 4. Marcenes W, al Beiruti N, Tayfour D, Issa S. Epidemiology of traumatic injuries to the permanent incisors of 9-12-year-old schoolchildren in Damascus, Syria. Endod Dent Traumatol 1999; 15(3): 117-23.
• 5. Mesgarzadeh AH, Shahamfar M, Hefzollesan A. Evaluating knowledge and attitudes of elementary school teachers on emergency management of traumatic dental injuries: a study in an Iranian urban area. Oral Health Prev Dent 2009; 7(3): 297-308.
• 6. Pujita C, Nuvvula S, Shilpa G, Nirmala S, Yamini V. Informative promotional outcome on school teachers' knowledge about emergency management of dental trauma. J Conserv Dent 2013; 16(1): 21-7.
• 7. Al-Jundi SH. Dental emergencies presenting to a dental teaching hospital due to complications from traumatic dental injuries. Dent Traumatol 2002; 18(4): 181-5. 8. O'Neil DW, Clark MV, Lowe JW, Harrington MS. Oral trauma in children: a hospital survey. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1989; 68(6): 691-6.
• 9. Pacheco LF, Filho PF, Letra A, Menezes R, Villoria GE et al. Evaluation of the knowledge of the treatment of avulsions in elementary school teachers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Dent Traumatol 2003; 19(2): 76-8.
• 10. Murali K, Krishnan R, Kumar VS, Shanmugam S, Rajasundharam P. Knowledge, attitude, and perception of mothers towards emergency management of dental trauma in Salem district, Tamil Nadu: a questionnaire study. J Indian Soc Pedod Prev Dent 2014; 32(3): 202-6.
• 11. Singh M, Ingle NA, Kaur N, Yadav P. Evaluation of knowledge and attitude of school teachers about emergency management of traumatic dental injury. J Int Soc Prev Community Dent 2015; 5(2): 108-13.
• 12. Chandukutty D, Peedikayil FC, Premkumar CT, Narasimhan D, Jose D. Awareness of Dental Trauma Management among School Teachers of Kannur, Kerala, India. J Clin Diagn Res 2017; 11(2): ZC08-ZC12.
• 13. Prathyusha P, Harshini T, Haripriya B, Pramod IJ, Swathi K et al. Knowledge and Awareness Regarding Avulsion and Its Immediate Treatment in School Teachers in Bangalore City (South). J Int Oral Health 2015; 7(8): 93-7.
• 14. Vergotine RJ, Govoni R. Public school educator's knowledge of initial management of dental trauma. Dent Traumatol 2010; 26(2): 133-6. 15. Oliveira TM, Sakai VT, Moretti AB, Silva TC, Santos CF, et al. Knowledge and attitude of mothers with regards to emergency management of dental avulsion. J Dent Child (Chic) 2007; 74(3): 200-2.
• 16. Nikam AP, Kathariya MD, Chopra K, Gupta A, Kathariya R. Knowledge and Attitude of Parents/Caretakers toward Management of Avulsed Tooth in Maharashtrian Population: A Questionnaire Method. J Int Oral Health 2014; 6(5): 1-4.
• 17. Mehrabkhani M, Ajami B, Parisay I, Bolboli A, Akbarian G. Knowledge of Emergency Management of Traumatized Teeth among Schoolteachers in Mashhad, Iran. J Dent Res Dent Clin Dent Prospects 2015; 9(2): 121-5. 18. Cosme-Silva L, Fernandes LA, Rosselli ER, Poi WR, Martins NDS et al. Tooth injuries: Knowledge of parents of public school students from the city of Alfenas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Dent Traumatol 2018; 34(2): 93-99.
• 19. Al-Jame Q, Andersson L, Al-Asfour A. Kuwaiti parents' knowledge of first-aid measures of avulsion and replantation of teeth. Med Princ Pract 2007; 16(4): 274-9.
• 20. Sae-Lim V, Chulaluk K, Lim LP. Patient and parental awareness of the importance of immediate management of traumatised teeth. Endod Dent Traumatol 1999; 15(1): 37-41.
• 21. Kaul R, Jain P, Angrish P, Saha S, Patra TK et al. Knowledge, Awareness and Attitude towards Emergency Management of Dental Trauma among the Parents of Kolkata-An Institutional Study. J Clin Diagn Res 2016; 10(7): ZC95-ZC101.
• 22. Hashim R. Investigation of mothers' knowledge of dental trauma management in United Arab Emirates. Eur Arch Paediatr Dent 2012; 13(2): 83-6.
• 23. Namdev R, Jindal A, Bhargava S, Bakshi L, Verma R et al. Awareness of emergency management of dental trauma. Contemp Clin Dent 2014; 5(4): 507-13.
• 24. Al-Jundi SH. Knowledge of Jordanian mothers with regards to emergency management of dental trauma. Dent Traumatol 2006; 22(6): 291-5.
• 25. Andreasen JO, Hjorting-Hansen E. Replantation of teeth. II. Histological study of 22 replanted anterior teeth in humans. Acta Odontol Scand 1966; 24(3): 287-306.
• 26. Loh T, Sae-Lim V, Yian TB, Liang S. Dental therapists' experience in the immediate management of traumatized teeth. Dent Traumatol 2006; 22(2): 66-70.