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ALVES, Layanne Soyara Bidô et al. Knowledge assessment of elementary school teachers from the private school network on the immediate assistance of dental trauma victims. RFO UPF [online]. 2015, vol.20, n.3, pp. 302-307. ISSN 1413-4012.

Objective: To identify the level of knowledge of private elementary school teachers from the city of Patos, PB, Brazil on the immediate assistance of dental trauma victims. Methods: Cross-sectional study with 138 teachers in 36 schools registered at the National Institute of Educational Studies and Research Anísio Teixeira. Data collection was performed by applying a structured questionnaire about immediate child assistance after dental trauma. Data obtained were analyzed using descriptive and bivariate inferential statistics (chi-square test). Results: The age of teachers ranged from 19 to 60 years and most of them were women (96.4%). When asked about experience with first aid to dental trauma victims, only 16.7% said they already had some experience, wherein 43.5% had it by assisting the victims. Most respondents (85.1%) agree that in all cases of trauma, the dentist needs to be consulted, but only 36.9% of the sample believes that the trauma with full alveolar tooth displacement alone brings unfavorable repercussions. Facing avulsion, 44.2% of teachers would brush the tooth and then seek the dentist, and 77.5% of respondents believe that the time for assisting a patient victim of avulsion should be as soon as possible. Conclusions: The results suggest that most of the teachers interviewed do not have enough knowledge on how to proceed in cases of dental trauma because they have not received this type of training or have received little information about it.

Palavras-chave : Tooth Avulsion; Teachers; Traumatology.

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