Jodhpur Dental College General Hospital

Jodhpur Dental College General Hospital

Jodhpur Dental College General Hospital

Lachoo Memorial Colleges of Science and Technology, Rajasthan, India.
School teachers ,Awareness ,Dental emergencies ,Management ,

The study was designed to know about the awareness of urban and rural school teachers to the management of emergency dental conditions. For this purpose, avulsion was considered as a common and widely associated dental emergency condition. A total of 170 teachers from 12 randomly selected schools from urban and rural areas were selected in this study. The willing teachers were asked to fill questionnaire and submit it within 3 days. 137 teachers returned completed questionnaires among them 27 had to be discarded as they were incompletely filled. Most of the teachers in urban sectors preferred referral to a dentist in case of any emergency conditions whereas it was found to be too less in rural areas. Many teachers were not satisfied with their knowledge and awareness regarding management of dental emergencies and most of them also desired to learn about it.

4 , 2 , 2014