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Brazilian dentists’ knowledge regarding immediate treatment of traumatic dental injuries
Author(s) -
De França Rossana Índia,
Traebert Jefferson,
De Lacerda Josimari Telino
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.1600-9657.2006.00444.x
Subject(s) - graduation (instrument) , dental trauma , chose , coronal plane , tooth avulsion , medicine , dentistry , avulsion , physical therapy , family medicine , surgery , engineering , mechanical engineering , political science , law , radiology
– The objective of this study was to assess the knowledge of dentists working in the city of Tubarão, southern Brazil, about the immediate treatment of traumatic dental injuries. A cross‐sectional study was carried out involving all dentists who were working in the city in 2004 ( n = 108). Data were collected through self‐applied questionnaires with questions about sex, time elapsed since graduation, whether the dentists had attended postgraduate courses and also four questions about traumatic dental injuries in which the dentists selected the best answer. The response rate was 86.1%. For the two questions related to dental avulsion, 36.6% and 16.1% of professionals respectively, chose the correct answer according to the literature. For the question related to coronal fracture, 75.3% chose the correct answer. For the questions related to an incident without dental avulsion or fracture, 73.1% chose the correct answer. Time elapsed since graduation was the only variable statistically associated with the correct answer for the question related to coronal fracture. A significantly greater number of professionals with ≤10 years of experience chose the correct answer when compared with professionals with >10 years experience ( P < 0.001). It can be concluded that the great majority of professionals would not intervene according to the literature in the cases of avulsion. Less time elapsed since graduation was statistically associated with the correct answer in the coronal fracture case.