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Oral trauma and dental emergency management recommendations of first‐aid textbooks and manuals
Author(s) -
Zadik Yehuda
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
dental traumatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.82
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1600-9657
pISSN - 1600-4469
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-9657.2006.00443.x
Subject(s) - tooth avulsion , dental trauma , medicine , dentistry , first aid , oral surgery , tooth replantation , referral , replantation , choking , avulsion , jaw fracture , tooth fracture , major trauma , orthodontics , medical emergency , surgery , incisor , family medicine , root resorption , pathology , resorption , anatomy
– The recommendations of oral trauma and dental emergencies management of nine first‐aid textbooks and manuals from the last two decades were evaluated. Only one book includes all the relevant topics: dental anatomy, management of tooth luxations and avulsion, tooth fracture, mandible dislocation, jaw fracture, intraoral bleeding and dental pain. Two books recommend self‐replantation of an avulsed tooth, but four books detail the storage media and evaluate the importance of a quick referral to a dental surgery. In three first‐aid books, the only mention of oral trauma is the hazard of choking from tooth fragments, and in one other book, only mandible dislocation is mentioned as oral trauma. The insufficient information of oral trauma management in these first‐aid texts partly explains the previous reports of poor and inadequate knowledge in that topic among medics, teachers and the general public.