Effect of dental health education on the management of avulsed teeth by firefighters

How to Educate the Public about Dental Trauma—A Scoping Review

“…Finally, 32 studies were included for data extraction ( Figure 1 ). Table 1 presents a summary of the studies that addressed TDI education and Table S1 presents full summary of studies focused on education in TDI [ 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 ].…”

“…The geographical distribution of the records revealed that 40.6% ( n = 13) were from the Middle East region (Israel [ 21 , 26 ], Kuwait [ 22 , 23 , 44 ], Iran [ 33 , 37 , 38 , 50 ], Turkey [ 28 ], Lebanon [ 32 , 45 ], United Arab Emirates [ 46 ]), 18.7% ( n = 6) from India [ 27 , 34 , 39 , 43 , 48 , 49 ], 12.5% ( n = 4) from Brazil [ 25 , 40 , 42 , 47 ], 6.3% ( n = 2) from Hong Kong [ 35 , 36 ], USA [ 21 , 41 ], and Poland [ 30 , 31 ], and 3.1% ( n = 1) from Tanzania [ 19 ], Switzerland [ 24 ], and Australia [ 29 ]. Most papers included in this scoping review ( n = 23, 71.9%) were published between 2012 and 2018 [ 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 ,…”

“…Four studies (12.5%) focused on parents [ 23 , 33 , 39 , 41 ] and three (9.4%) focused on pupils at the age between 7 and 20 [ 32 , 36 , 39 ]. The other groups were bank employees [ 25 ], military recruits [ 26 ], and firefighters [ 40 ]. The quantity of the intervention groups differed from 30 to 655 subjects, with a mean of 206.1 ± 170.9.…”

“…Two different approaches were adopted during the intervention: the use of a single educational method [ 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 32 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 38 , 40 , 43 , 47 , 49 ] or a multifaceted approach—a combination of two or three different methods [ 31 , 33 , 37 , 39 , 41 , 42 , 46 ]. In some studies, authors compared the effectiveness of different modes of education [ 19 , 20 , 32 , 41 , 48 , 50 ].…”

“…The most frequently tested modality was lecture/seminar/workshops followed by a short discussion. It was used in 13 (40.6%) studies as a single method [ 21 , 22 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 29 , 30 , 34 , 40 , 43 , 44 , 47 , 50 ] and in 7 (21.9%) studies as a combination with some printed materials (posters or brochures/leaflets) [ 19 , 20 , 37 , 39 , 42 , 45 , 46 ] or with an application on mobile devices [ 44 ]. Emerich et al [ 31 ] assessed the effect of lecture memorisation through the subjects’ own work when preparing a presentation for primary school students based on published literature on dental trauma.…”