Open AccessAssessment of knowledge and attitude before and after a health education program in East Madurai primary school teachers with regard to emergency management of avulsed teeth
Author(s) -
M Taranath,
RM Senaikarasi,
Kavita Manchanda
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of the indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry/journal of indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3905
pISSN - 0970-4388
DOI - 10.4103/0970-4388.199218
Subject(s) - test (biology) , medicine , dentition , knowledge level , government (linguistics) , health education , medical education , family medicine , psychology , dentistry , nursing , public health , mathematics education , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , biology
Children attend primary school from as early as 6 years to the mixed dentition stage of about 9 years and spend most of their time in school along with the teachers. School teachers are likely to be among the first to see a child immediately after an injury has occurred, and their knowledge regarding emergency procedures is critical to ensure good prognosis of the clinical treatment.