An investigation on parents’ knowledge of dental trauma in primary school of chancheng district, Foshan City
10.12016/j.issn.2096-1456.2017.06.013
- Author:
CHEN Hongji
1
;
DUAN Changhua
1
;
HUANG Shaohong
2
Author Information
1. Department of dentistry, Xiangyang Hosptial of Chancheng
2. Stomatological hospital of Southern Medical University
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Dental trauma;
Cognitive level;
Avulsed tooth;
Sampling survey;
Children
- From:
Journal of Prevention and Treatment for Stomatological Diseases
2017;25(6):401-404
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the knowledge of pupils’ parents for the emergency treatment of dental trauma in Chancheng of Foshan.
Methods :By the method of random sampling, a total of 320 parents from 5 primary schools of Chancheng District was selected for questionnaire survey on the treatment method of children’s dental trauma. Chi square test was used for statistical analysis
Results:40.6% of the parents didn’t know that the anterior teeth of a nine-year-old child was permanent. 66.2% of parents didn’t know suitable methods to deal with the avulsed tooth. 72.2% parents didn’t selected the corrected preservation medium for the avulsed tooth. 95.6% of parents believed they needed to learn more knowledge of emergency treatment for dental trauma.
Conclusion :The present study showed that the knowledge of parents in Chancheng of Foshan about the emergency treatment of dental trauma is inadequate and related education is necessary.
- Full text:佛山市禅城区小学生家长对儿童牙外伤认知的调查.pdf
