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Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding emergency management of dental trauma in children among school teachers in Pune District: A cross sectional questionnaire study

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Dr. Viraj Mali, Dr. Vishal Mahajan, Dr. Bhavana Gaikwad, Dr. Priyanka More, Dr. Pavan Kothari
» doi: 10.48047/AFJBS.6.15.2024.15269-15279

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Background - Due to increased prevalence of dental trauma in school going children, knowledge regarding its emergency management is vital to groups commonly supervising the children such as school teachers and parents. Aim - To assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of traumatic dental injury (TDI) management among school teachers of Pune District. Method - This is a prospective intervention study conducted with 300 teachers randomly selected from the entire government and private, primary (elementary) as well as secondary (high) schools of Pune district of Maharashtra, India. The questionnaire was designed using the online survey platform google forms and the link was circulated through the social networking platforms to the participants. Responses were analysed using Microsoft Excel. The results were analysed and with the collected responses a descriptive statistical test was performed using the statistical software. Result - It was found that school teachers respectively had low levels of knowledge, practice and attitude. When correlation between knowledge, attitude and practice was studied, positive correlation was seen between them which signified low knowledge correlated with positive attitude owing to less referral practices.

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