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Knowledge of First Aid Measures in Dental Trauma: A Survey of Teachers in the Province of Seville, Spain

The high incidence of childhood dental trauma requires childcare professionals to have basic notions of dental first aid. The aim of this study is to assess the level of knowledge and aptitude (defined as the ability to operate competently in a given activity) of early childhood, primary, and/or sec...

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Autores principales: Ribas Perez, David, Olivera, Rosmery, Mendoza Mendoza, Asuncion, Solano Mendoza, Beatriz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9406776/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36010115
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9081225
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author Ribas Perez, David
Olivera, Rosmery
Mendoza Mendoza, Asuncion
Solano Mendoza, Beatriz
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description The high incidence of childhood dental trauma requires childcare professionals to have basic notions of dental first aid. The aim of this study is to assess the level of knowledge and aptitude (defined as the ability to operate competently in a given activity) of early childhood, primary, and/or secondary education teachers from Seville (Spain) referred to first aid measures in dental trauma. A descriptive study was conducted. The study sample consisted of 442 teachers (334 women and 108 men) coinciding proportionately with the study target population in terms of gender distribution, type of center, and teaching level. A specifically designed questionnaire was used. Most of the participants (88.5%, n = 391) exhibited poor knowledge and aptitude, 11.5% (n = 51) showed a medium level of knowledge and aptitude, and none were categorized as having a high knowledge and aptitude. As a conclusion, teachers in the province of Seville (Spain) showed marked deficiencies in their level of knowledge and aptitude referred to the adoption of first aid measures in dental trauma among their pupils.
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spelling pubmed-94067762022-08-26 Knowledge of First Aid Measures in Dental Trauma: A Survey of Teachers in the Province of Seville, Spain Ribas Perez, David Olivera, Rosmery Mendoza Mendoza, Asuncion Solano Mendoza, Beatriz Children (Basel) Article The high incidence of childhood dental trauma requires childcare professionals to have basic notions of dental first aid. The aim of this study is to assess the level of knowledge and aptitude (defined as the ability to operate competently in a given activity) of early childhood, primary, and/or secondary education teachers from Seville (Spain) referred to first aid measures in dental trauma. A descriptive study was conducted. The study sample consisted of 442 teachers (334 women and 108 men) coinciding proportionately with the study target population in terms of gender distribution, type of center, and teaching level. A specifically designed questionnaire was used. Most of the participants (88.5%, n = 391) exhibited poor knowledge and aptitude, 11.5% (n = 51) showed a medium level of knowledge and aptitude, and none were categorized as having a high knowledge and aptitude. As a conclusion, teachers in the province of Seville (Spain) showed marked deficiencies in their level of knowledge and aptitude referred to the adoption of first aid measures in dental trauma among their pupils. MDPI 2022-08-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9406776/ /pubmed/36010115 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9081225 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_short Knowledge of First Aid Measures in Dental Trauma: A Survey of Teachers in the Province of Seville, Spain
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9406776/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36010115
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9081225
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