Introduction:
Dental trauma in childhood occurs in locals they are assisted and action taken by caregivers after the accident directly influences the prognosis.
Objective:
To assess the knowledge of educators in public nurseries toward their atitudes when facing dental trauma in childhood.
Methodology:
Through a cross-sectional study, a questionnaire was given to 23 educators in public daycare centers in Patos/PB to assess personal characteristics and behavior in relation to emergency situations of dental injuries in school. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Health Center and Rural Technology/UFCG, protocol number 056/2011. For analysis and tabulation of the data SPSS version 18.0 was used.
Result:
It was observed that the majority of educators (91.3%) were never trained, not being able to perform the first care in the event of dental trauma. On the dental avulsion topic, 60.9% of the teachers did not know what to do in case of avulsion of permanent teeth, and 40.3% of deciduous. Before the avulsed tooth, 26.1% would quickly wash the tooth with running water, would store on a napkin, handkerchief or cotton (21.7%) and take the child to the dentist. In relation to crown fracture of tooth, 34.8% would keep the fractured piece, while 39.1% would not know how to proceed. All respondents felt it was a very importante a training session with the teachers to make them conduct first emergency care in dental trauma.
Conclusion:
Most educators are not prepared to deal with dental trauma in childhood, with little or no knowledge about the subject, the inclusion of programs aiming teacher training in oral health is needed.
Faculty; knowledge; tooth avulsion
