Dental Treatments in Sports Dentistry - Oral Care of Athlete, Mouthguards and Dental Trauma Management

The giant cell fibroma is a benign nonneoplastic fibrous tumor of the oral mucosa. It occurs in the first three decades of life in the mandibular gingiva, predominantly, showing predilection for females. This article reports a case of giant cell fibroma in a 2-year-old girl, which is an uncommon age for this lesion. The patient was brought for treatment at the Research and Clinical Center of Dental Trauma in Primary Teeth, where practice for the Discipline of Pediatric Dentistry (Faculty of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Brazil) takes place. During clinical examination, a tissue growth was detected on the lingual gingival mucosa of the lower right primary incisors teeth. The lesion was excised under local anesthesia and submitted to histological examination at the Oral Pathology Department of the Faculty of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, which confirmed the diagnosis of giant cell fibroma. There was no recurrence after 20 months of monitoring. This instance reinforces the importance of oral care from the very first months of life in order to enable doctors to make precocious diagnosis and offer more appropriate treatments for oral diseases, as well as to promote more efficient oral health in the community.

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Awareness of Dental Trauma Management among School Teachers of Kannur, Kerala, India

JOURNAL FOR CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH ◽

10.7860/jcdr/2017/19308.9252 ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Divya Chandukutty

Keyword(s):

Dental Trauma ◽

Trauma Management ◽

School Teachers

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Review of the Dental Trauma Guide; an interactive guide to evidence-based trauma management

Evidence-Based Dentistry ◽

10.1038/sj.ebd.6400830 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 117-120 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Peter F Day ◽

Sophy K Barber

Keyword(s):

Dental Trauma ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Trauma Management

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Knowledge and attitude towards dental trauma management among primary school teachers

Padjadjaran Journal of Dentistry ◽

10.24198/pjd.vol31no3.24740 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 31 (3) ◽

pp. 161

Author(s):

Fadzlinda Baharin ◽

Nor Fatimah Osman ◽

Munirah Mohd Adnan

Keyword(s):

Primary School ◽

Primary Schools ◽

Dental Trauma ◽

First Aid ◽

Basic Knowledge ◽

Trauma Management ◽

School Teachers ◽

Primary School Teachers ◽

First Aid Training ◽

Knowledge And Attitude

Introduction: Dental injuries could happen anywhere, including in the school compound. Correct management by the teachers in dental emergencies could prevent further damage to the traumatized tooth and improve the success rate of the treatment. Hence, the purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge and attitude towards dental trauma management among the primary school teachers in Kubang Kerian area. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in three national primary schools in Kubang Kerian and multi-stages sampling was performed to select the subjects. One hundred and twenty teachers (n = 120) were randomly selected and responded to a set of a self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of general characteristics, knowledge, and attitude towards dental trauma. Results: A total of 120 primary school teachers, predominantly female teachers (74.2%) participated in this study. More than half of the teachers (62.5%) have more than 15 years of teaching experience. One-third of the teachers (34.2%) have completed first aid training; however, dental trauma management subject was lacking (1.7%). About 31.7% of the respondent had experienced dental trauma case. Eighty-five percent of the teachers did not opt for tooth replantation in the case of avulsion and almost all the teachers (97.5%) did not choose fresh milk as the medium storage of the avulsed tooth. Conclusion: The level of knowledge and attitude on dental trauma management among school teachers is unsatisfactory. As a recommendation, first aid training given to the teachers should include basic knowledge of dental trauma management. The awareness can be improved by organizing talk or campaign on dental trauma management at the school level.Keywords: Children, dental trauma, school teachers.

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Evaluation of knowledge, awareness, and attitude toward emergency dental trauma management among the school teachers of Kolkata

Indian Journal of Dental Research ◽

10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_118_17 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 28 (6) ◽

pp. 595

Author(s):

Rahul Kaul ◽

Parul Jain ◽

Nilanjana Saha ◽

Suchetana Goswami ◽

Shantanu Mukhopadhyay ◽

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Keyword(s):

Dental Trauma ◽

Trauma Management ◽

School Teachers

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Knowledge and skills of emergency physicians in managing traumatic dental injuries

European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery ◽

10.1007/s00068-021-01808-8 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

S. Wolfer ◽

N. von Hahn ◽

D. Sievers ◽

Ch. Hohenstein ◽

P. Kauffmann

Keyword(s):

Emergency Departments ◽

Rank Correlation ◽

Dental Trauma ◽

Knowledge Score ◽

Trauma Management ◽

Emergency Physicians ◽

Knowledge And Skills ◽

Traumatic Dental Injuries ◽

The Right ◽

Dental Injuries

Abstract Purpose Emergency departments are frequently confronted with traumatic dental injuries (TDIs). The prognosis of the injured tooth is related to early dental trauma management. For this reason, physicians must be familiar with the appropriate management of TDI. This study aimed to investigate the knowledge and skills of German emergency physicians regarding TDI. Methods An electronic questionnaire was sent to 438 emergency departments throughout Germany. Four hundred and twenty seven questionnaires were evaluated and included in the analysis. The survey contained questions about physician characteristics and assessed their knowledge and skills of managing dental trauma. For statistical analysis, the Kruskal–Wallis, Mann–Whitney U test or ANOVA test was used as appropriate. Rank correlations were performed with the Spearman’s rank correlation. Results Out of 427 participants, 256 (59.95%) stated they had no or insufficient knowledge, and 266 (71.12%) stated they had no skills in dental trauma management. Almost 76% of the participants had no previous knowledge of dentistry. Only 7.28% knew the right procedure for replanting an avulsed tooth. Just 26.06% would choose the right medium for temporary tooth storage. Having a dentist in the family (p = 0.0074) or clinical exposure to patients with dental trauma (p = 0.0384) influenced the results of the knowledge score. Conclusion The knowledge and skills in dental trauma management among German emergency physicians are generally inadequate. Targeted training courses are necessary to ensure early and adequate TDI treatment to reduce the resulting medical and societal costs as much as possible.

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