Knowledge of General Dental Practioners Regarding Treatment of Avulsed Teeth in Srinagar, India.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 1
Abstract
Tooth avulsion is a complex traumatic injury characterized by complete displacement of a tooth from its socket in alveolar bone owing to trauma. The treatment for permanent tooth avulsion includes immediate replantation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge of dental clinicians in Srinagar, India regarding the management of avulsed teeth Methodology: A total of 100 general dental practioners were selected from various private dental clinics in Srinagar city and were questioned using a 11 item questionnaire about dental traumatology. The questions included general knowledge about tooth avulsion, replantation of primary and permanent teeth, treatment procedure before replantation, extra-oral time and storage media for an avulsed tooth and results were tabulated. Statistical analysis was done using IBM SPSS software version 11.0. Results: The results showed that 79% of the participants would replant the tooth in case of avulsion. 76% of the subjects considered extra-alveolar time the most important factor for replantation and 56% favoured Less than 30 min to be the ideal extra-alveolar period. Majority of the dentists would clean and remove PDL before replantation, 72% considered milk as the best storage medium. 69% of the dentists preferred endodontic treatment of an avulsed tooth immediately after replantation and were in favour of rigid splint (67%). Duration of splinting was considered to be 2 weeks and favoured follow up of 5 years. Knowledge regarding replantation of an avulsed primary teeth, majority 68% would not prefer replantion. Conclusion: It is important for the general dentists to update their knowledge regarding basic management of dental emergencies and improving the public oral health.
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Dr Saima Sultan
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