Awareness of dental trauma and it’s management among school teachers in kolkata

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Sunita Agarwalla, Shruti Subhash Shah, Biswaroop Chandra, Gautam Kumar Kundu and Shankhanil Dev

Aim: The present study was done to evaluate the knowledge and awareness regarding the management of dental trauma among school teachers in North Kolkata.
Objective: To assess the awareness and identify the factors associated with teachers’ knowledge related to dental trauma and to describe them the importance of immediate attention and prompt treatment in cases of traumatic dental injuries (TDI’s).
Methodology: The study was executed by administering a questionnaire in 7 randomly selected schools of north Kolkata.
Results: A total of 107 teachers from different schools participated in the study. Data collected was subjected to statistical analysis. The results showed that most of the participants had poor/inadequate knowledge regarding traumatic injuries and its management.
Conclusion: Among the school teachers surveyed it was observed that there was significantly very low knowledge of emergency management of dental trauma.

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DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijcar.2019.3852.19827
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