Journal of the Korean Academy of Pediatric Dentistry 2004;31(1):114-119.
Published online February 29, 2004.
A SURVEY ON THE AWARENESS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS ABOUT THE FIRST AID TREATMENT OF TRAUMATIZED TEETH
 
어린이의 치아손상 대처방법에 대한 초등학교 교사들의 인식도 조사
이경호, 정태성, 김신
부산대학교 치과대학 소아치과학교실
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Abstract
For the tooth traumas of children, instant and appropriate treatment is one of the important factors to determine prognosis of traumatized teeth. Especially in case of avulsed tooth, prognosis is greatly affected by instant and appropriate emergency treatment. The objective of this survey was to investigate elementary school teachers? knowledge of first aid treatment for tooth traumas of children. We asked for 520 elementary school teachers in Busan to answer questionnaires and 455(87.5%) were returned. The result of the survey supports that knowledge of tooth is little understood except general information about the treatment of tooth traumas. And it also shows that practical treatment is poor and instruction of medical treatment is not generally known Furthermore most teachers agreed that expert education for prevention and cure of tooth traumas is necessary (81.8%) and mouth protector is also necessary (71.9%) for the prevention. The result leads to the conclusion that educations on the prevention and emergency treatment of tooth traumas of elementary children who are physically active are needed.
Key Words: Tooth trauma, Elementary school teacher, Prevention of tooth traumas, Mouth protector


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