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- Title
Knowledge Of Emergency Management Of Orofacial Trauma Among Physical Education Students In South India.
- Authors
Meka, Reshma; Pratap, K. V. N. R.; Padma, C. Madhavi; Kalyan, V. Siva; Bhargav, A. S. K.; Varma, Surya Chandra
- Abstract
Background: Orofacial trauma is the most commonly encountered problem among both children and adults, which can result in negative impact on quality of life. As great numbers of traumatic dental injuries occur at school during sports activities, physical education teachers and students should be prepared to provide emergency management of dental trauma. Hence this study was aimed to assess the knowledge of emergency management of orofacial trauma among the physical education students in south India. Methodology: A cross sectional survey was conducted on all the physical education under graduate students from the university college of Physical education located in Khammam, South India. A standard questionnaire was used which consisted of 21 questions regarding the knowledge of emergency management of orofacial trauma. Descriptive statistics were calculated to know the frequencies of responses. Results: A total of 92 subjects were participated in the study. 55.43% had received first-aid training and 84.31% of the study population reported that their training had covered management of Dental injury. Half of the students (50%) have identified the tooth correctly. Regarding the medium for storage and transport of avulsed tooth, majority of students (53.61%) opted for antiseptic lotion. Conclusion: Physical education students have relatively less awareness about management of orofacial trauma when compared to first aid treatment for general injuries. So, there is a need to update their knowledge by upgrading their existing curriculum by incorporating dental first aid component in undergraduate level.
- Subjects
INDIA; OROFACIAL pain; EDUCATION students; PHYSICAL education; STUDENTS; QUALITY of life
- Publication
Indian Journal of Dental Sciences, 2015, Vol 7, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
0976-4003
- Publication type
Case Study