Evaluation of knowledge among general dentists in treatment of traumatic injuries in primary teeth: A cross-sectional questionnaire study

Ravikumar, Dhanalakshmi; Jeevanandan, Ganesh; Subramanian, Emg

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“…Nevertheless, studies have shown the lack of information and knowhow in dental trauma emergency care of teachers, athletes, rescue staff, paramedics, educators, sportive coaches, physicians, nurses, and dental professionals. [ 9 10 ] These findings characterize an alarming situation that might lead to irreversible damages to the affected tooth that did not receive the appropriate treatment in the local of the accident. [ 7 8 9 10 ] In addition, health professionals might be frequently requested to help in accidents involving tooth injury, so they might know the emergency procedures to save traumatized teeth preventing posttraumatic complications.…”

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“…[ 9 10 ] These findings characterize an alarming situation that might lead to irreversible damages to the affected tooth that did not receive the appropriate treatment in the local of the accident. [ 7 8 9 10 ] In addition, health professionals might be frequently requested to help in accidents involving tooth injury, so they might know the emergency procedures to save traumatized teeth preventing posttraumatic complications. Thinking in this way, it is important to start teaching dental trauma emergency protocols to undergraduate health students so that they can be prepared to act when this situation happens.…”

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Dental trauma education intervention as a positive influence among undergraduate students

Nagata

Gois

Münchow³

et al. 2018

Eur J Dent

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Objective:To investigate the effect of dental trauma educational intervention among undergraduate students of a Federal University in Brazil.Materials and Methods:Students (n = 125) enrolled in the dentistry (n = 70), nursing (n = 33), and speech therapy (n = 22) courses were invited to attend a dental trauma lecture and also to answer a questionnaire about their confidence in managing crown fracture and tooth avulsion, before (T0) and immediately after (T1) the lecture. McNemar's test (P < 0.05) with logistic regression compared the answers between the courses.Results:Female gender (78.4%) aged from 18 to 22 years (73.6%) predominated among all the participants. Dentistry students scored higher correct answers (54.3%) in T0 when compared to nursing (12%) and speech therapy (9%) students, concerning the storage medium for tooth fragment transportation. Likewise, few dentistry students (22.9%) and no nursing and speech therapy students knew about the ideal storage medium for an avulsed tooth when immediate replantation was unviable. After educational intervention, a significant improvement was found between T0 and T1 (P < 0.001) for all courses, mainly regarding tooth avulsion with almost 100% of correct answers. Furthermore, logistic regression demonstrated that dentistry students had three times more knowledge absorption than nursing and speech therapy ones.Conclusions:The educational intervention demonstrated a significant positive impact regarding the knowledge of dental trauma emergency management among health students. Accordingly, it is essential to spread this information among health professionals to save teeth, especially in cases of avulsion.

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Dental trauma education intervention as a positive influence among undergraduate students

Nagata

Gois

Münchow³

et al. 2018

Eur J Dent

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“…Preservation of primary teeth in the dental arch is important for optimal position of permanent teeth. Grossly decayed primary teeth which are extracted before exfoliation causes space in the dental arch which causes malocclusion if space maintainer was not given (Ravikumar et al, 2017;Panchal et al, 2019). Bacteria play a vital role in the initiation and progression of pulpal and periodontal disease (Jeevanandan, 2017).…”

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Gingival health status in patients with and without anterior open bite: A case-control study

Kuzhalvaimozhi

Ravindran

Subhashini

2020

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Open bite is the absence of vertical overlap of lower incisors by upper incisors when posterior teeth are in occlusion. An anterior open bite can cause periodontal damage which leads to gingivitis and periodontitis. To assess the gingival health status in patients with anterior open bite and also compares with patients without an anterior open bite. Retrospective data collected from 89,000 case records from June 2019 to March 2020. The present study consisted of 76 patients divided into two groups: patients with anterior open bite and patients without an anterior open bite. In both groups, the following parameters were recorded - Oral Hygiene Index - Simplified (OHI-S) and Plaque Index (Silness and Loe). OHI-S index and plaque index was similar in patients with and without an anterior open bite. Mean Plaque Index for case group (patients with anterior open bite) is 0.76, and Mean Plaque Index for control group (patients without the anterior open bite) is 0.78. Mean OHI-S Index for case group (patients with anterior open bite) is 0.51, and Mean OHI-S Index for the control group (patients without the anterior open bite) is 0.53. The difference was not statistically significant (P-value > 0.05). In this study, gingival health status in patients with and without an anterior open bite is low.

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“…It has a multifactorial aetiology which leads to initiation and progression of a lesion. Early childhood caries is one arising prevalent disease which can be a cause of premature loss of primary teeth (Ravikumar et al, 2017;Subramanyam, 2018) Pulpectomy procedure is performed in primary teeth to avoid extraction and to maintain its form and function (Govindaraju et al, 2017b,a,c) Fluoride is known to prevent caries by deposition of calcium luoride crystals (Jeevanandan, 2017;Jeevanandan and Govindaraju, 2018) which is more resistant to demineralisation (Nair, 2018;Panchal, 2019) of the tooth (Somasundaram, 2015;Ramakrishnan, 2017) Dental age estimation is based upon the rate of the development and calci ication of the tooth buds and the progressive sequence of their emission within the oral cavity (Sachan et al, 2013) Dental age is of speci ic intrigued to the pediatric dental practitioner and the orthodontist in arranging the treatment of distinctive sorts of malocclusion in connection to maxillofacial growth (Demirjian et al, 1973).…”

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Radiographic evaluation of permanent second molar development based on nollas stage of tooth development in 9-11-year-old male children

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T²,

Prabhu³

2020

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The aim of this study is to radiographically evaluate the second molar development based on the NOLLAS stage of tooth development in 9-11-year-old male children. For this, a total of 400 orthopantomography (OPG) images were collected from the database record of Saveetha dental college. Of these 40 OPGs were selected based on the age group between 9 to 11 years old male children. The dental age of the 2nd molar was calculated based on the NOLLAS loss stage of tooth development. After data collection, statistical analysis was done in the SPSS software. Among the study population, 33.90% were nine years old, 33.90% was ten years old, and 32.20% were 11 years old. Considering the distribution of teeth assessed majority were lower left second molar - 37 (32.20%) and least were upper left second molar-27(16.95%). Majority of the teeth attained maximum development at stage 9 (pink)-25.42%, least maturation assessed at stage 7-6.78%. The association between nollas stage and age was statistically significant (P-value of 0.000, p < 0.05). The association between nollas stage and tooth number was statistically not significant (P value of 0.106, p > 0.05). Majority of the children in the age group of 9 years had 'crown almost completed' in second molar (Stage 5), majority of 10-year-old children had 'two-third root completed' in second molar (Stage 8) and majority of 11-year-old children had ' root completed with open apex' in second molar (Stage 9).

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Evaluation of knowledge among general dentists in treatment of traumatic injuries in primary teeth: A cross-sectional questionnaire study

Cited by 91 publications

References 14 publications

Dental trauma education intervention as a positive influence among undergraduate students

Dental trauma education intervention as a positive influence among undergraduate students

Gingival health status in patients with and without anterior open bite: A case-control study

Radiographic evaluation of permanent second molar development based on nollas stage of tooth development in 9-11-year-old male children

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