Factors Associated with Knowledge and Attitude of Management of Traumatic Dental Injuries: A Cross-Sectional Study among Turkish Dentists

Introduction: Traumatic dental injury is an injury inflicted on the dentoalveolar system. It has a physical as well as a psychological impact. Despite this concern, epidemiological data regarding its prevalence is insufficient in the literature of Nepal. Hence, this studyâ€™s objective was to investigate the prevalence of traumatic dental injuries for the patients visiting Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal, over five years. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using records from the medical record section for the patients presenting at the dental emergency outpatient department of the Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal, between April 2014 and April 2019. Ethical approval was taken from the Institutional Review Committee of the Universal College of Medical Sciences. Patient demographic data, type of traumatic dental injuries, and etiologies were evaluated from the record section. Results: Out of 10,080 patients registered during the study period, 793 patients (7.86%) were due to traumatic dental injury, out of which 628 (79.2%) were male, and 165 (20.8%) were female. The most vulnerable age group was 20-29 years (42.4%). Most frequently, injuries occurred in June (16%). Road traffic accidents (57.8 %) were the most common mode, and complicated crown-root fracture (23.3%) was the most common type of traumatic dental injury. Conclusions: The frequency of 7.86% of traumatic dental injury indicates that dental traumatology needs special attention for policy planning and professional training.

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Evaluation of Knowledge- Attitude- Practice (KAP) of Intern Dentists in Emergency Management of Traumatic Dental Injuries in Primary Anterior teeth: A Cross-sectional Study

Egyptian Dental Journal ◽

10.21608/edj.2021.49569.1334 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 67 (2) ◽

pp. 935-940

Author(s):

Marwa Hussien ◽

Nevine Waly ◽

Manal ElShiekh

Keyword(s):

Emergency Management ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Anterior Teeth ◽

Traumatic Dental Injuries ◽

Dental Injuries

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Random forest algorithm to identify factors associated with sports-related dental injuries in 6 to 13-year-old athlete children in Hamadan, Iran-2018 -a cross-sectional study

BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation ◽

10.1186/s13102-020-00217-5 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Maryam Farhadian ◽

Sima Torkaman ◽

Farzad Mojarad

Keyword(s):

Logistic Regression ◽

Random Forest ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Machine Learning Algorithms ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Sports Activity ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Dental Injury ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Dental Injuries

Abstract Background Traumatic dental injuries are one of the most important problems with major physical, aesthetic, psychological, social, functional and therapeutic problems that adversely affect the quality of life of children and adolescents. Recently the development of methods based on machine learning algorithms has provided researchers with more powerful tools to more accurate prediction in different domains and evaluate the factors affecting different phenomena more reliably than traditional regression models. This study tries to investigate the performance of random forest (RF) in identifying factors associated with sports-related dental injuries. Also, the accuracy of the RF model for predicting sports-related dental injuries was compared with logistic regression model as traditional competitor. Methods This cross-sectional study was applied to 356 athlete children aged 6 to 13-year-old in Hamadan, Iran. Random forest and logistic regression constructed by using sports-related dental injuries as response variables and age, sex, parent’s education, child’s birth order, type of sports activity, duration of sports activity, awareness regarding the mouthguard, mouthguard use as input. A self-reported questionnaire was used to obtain information. Results Fifty-five (15.4%) subjects had experienced a sports-related dental injury. The mean age of children with sports injuries was significantly higher than children without the experience of injury (p = 0.006). The prevalence of injury was significantly higher in boys (p = 0.008). Children with illiterate mothers are more likely to be injured than children with educated mothers (p = 0.045). Awareness of mouthguard and its use during exercise has a significant effect on reducing the prevalence of injury among users (p < 0.001). Random forest model has a higher prediction accuracy (89.3%) for predicting sports-related dental injuries compared to the logistic regression (84.2%). The results of the relative importance of variables, based on RF showed, mouthguard use, and mouthguard awareness has more contributed importance in dental sport-related injuries’ prediction. Subsequently, the importance of sex and age is in the next position. Conclusions Using predictive models such as RF challenges existing inaccurate predictions due to high complexity and interactions between variables would be minimized. This helps to achieve more accurate identification of factors in sport-related dental injury among the general population of children.

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Factors associated with inappropriate attitude towards antibiotic usage among outpatients of a large public primary care center in Malaysia: A cross sectional study.

10.21203/rs.3.rs-17290/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Zati Sabrina Ahmad Zubaidi ◽

Khasnur Abdul Malek ◽

Zaliha Ismail

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Antibiotic Usage ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Care Specialist ◽

Low Education ◽

Knowledge And Attitude ◽

The Relationship

Abstract Background: Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest global threat in modern medicine. The situation is even more consequential in lower-and middle-income countries (LMIC) as financial limitations and political instability may become barriers to an impactful health policy. Therefore, The World Health organization has urge all nations to increase public awareness on antibiotic through effective educational interventions. In order for interventions to be successful, it is important to acknowledge that each country is unique in its problems as the demographic in LMIC are diverse. This study aims to identify the community’s attitude appropriateness towards antibiotic usage and their knowledge gaps, the relationship between antibiotic knowledge and their attitude as well as factors associated with inappropriate attitude towards antibiotic among outpatients attending an established primary care specialist center in Malaysia.Methodology : This cross-sectional study was conducted among 256 respondents attending a public primary care specialist clinic center. Those who fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria from June to August 2017 were given a self-administered, validated and translated questionnaire. Pearson correlation was used to deduce the relationship between knowledge and attitude. Chi square test, independent t-test and multiple logistic regression were used to determine factors associated with inappropriate attitude towards antibiotic.Results: It was found that the respondents’ mean attitude and knowledge score were 29.5 ± 4.19 and 5.94 ± 2.4 respectively. The highest inappropriate attitude response was expecting antibiotic from the doctor for common colds and the most frequent incorrect knowledge response was on the domain of role of antibiotics. There is a weak positive relationship between antibiotic knowledge and attitude (r=0.315, n=256, p=0.0001). Respondents with low education level and poor antibiotic knowledge were at least 2.5 times more likely to have inappropriate attitude when handling antibiotics.Conclusion: Our study demonstrated the common inappropriate attitude towards antibiotic and areas of knowledge gap among the population. Antibiotic education should be incorporated in non-pharmacological measures of viral illnesses that is targeted among those with low education and poor antibiotic knowledge. The weak relationship between antibiotic knowledge and attitude suggest that health campaign should focus on behavioral change rather than a theoretical approach.

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Knowledge, attitude, and practice of Chennai school teachers on traumatic dental injuries management – A cross-sectional study

Journal of Conservative Dentistry ◽

10.4103/jcd.jcd_443_20 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 24 (4) ◽

pp. 364

Author(s):

KrishnamoorthyKunguma Supraja ◽

Saravanan Poorni ◽

Vegiraju Suryalakshmi ◽

Dasarathan Duraivel ◽

ManaliRamakrishnan Srinivasan

Keyword(s):

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

School Teachers ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Traumatic Dental Injuries ◽

Dental Injuries ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

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Assessment of Knowledge and Attitudes of Traumatic Dental Injuries among Saudi Dental Students: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study

International Journal of Dentistry ◽

10.1155/2020/8814123 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020 ◽

pp. 1-6

Author(s):

Sundus Bukhary

Keyword(s):

Alveolar Bone ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Dental Students ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Root Fracture ◽

Knowledge And Attitudes ◽

Traumatic Dental Injuries ◽

Dental Schools ◽

Dental Injuries

Introduction. The aim of this multicenter cross-sectional study was to assess the knowledge and attitudes of senior dental students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, regarding the management of traumatic dental injuries. Materials and Methods. A stratified random sample of fourth- and fifth-year dental students in different dental schools was given a two-part questionnaire; the first part included demographic questions, while the second part included case scenario questions related to knowledge and attitudes regarding the emergency management of concussion, crown fractures, luxation injuries, root fracture, and alveolar bone fracture. Data were statistically analysed using chi-square and ordinal logistic regression tests. The significance was set at p<0.05. Results. A total of 359 dental students participated in this study. The proportion of students from all dental schools with correct responses to each set of questions was as follows: alveolar bone fracture (78.4%), root fracture (70.1%), intrusive luxation (57.1%), complicated crown fracture (39.7%), uncomplicated crown fracture (35.5%), extrusive luxation (35%), concussion (31.1%), and lateral luxation (26.8%). The mean overall knowledge score of the participants was 3.421 ± 0.49. No statistically significant difference was found on any of the questions regarding the gender or year of study p>0.05. Conclusion. Based on the findings of this study, dental students’ knowledge of the management of traumatic dental injuries in the Riyadh region of Saudi Arabia ranges from low to moderate. Thus, there is a need to improve the knowledge of management of traumatic dental injuries among dental students.

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Factors associated with sports-related dental injuries among young athletes: a cross-sectional study in Miyagi prefecture

BMC Oral Health ◽

10.1186/s12903-017-0466-2 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Shinobu Tsuchiya ◽

Masahiro Tsuchiya ◽

Haruki Momma ◽

Takuya Sekiguchi ◽

Kaoru Kuroki ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Young Athletes ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Miyagi Prefecture ◽

Dental Injuries

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A survey of the oral lesions in newborns and infants: A two-year cross-sectional study

New Medicine ◽

10.25121/newmed.2020.24.3.104 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Anna Turska-Szybka ◽

Paula Piekoszewska-Ziętek ◽

Dariusz Gozdowski ◽

Dorota Olczak-Kowalczyk

Keyword(s):

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Oral Lesions ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Study Results ◽

Wide Range ◽

The Mean ◽

Traumatic Dental Injuries ◽

Mucosal Lesions ◽

Dental Injuries

Introduction. Oral lesions in newborns and infants represent a wide range of diseases often creating apprehension and anxiety among parents. Aim. We aimed to assess the type, prevalence and associated factors of oral lesions in newborns and infants. Material and methods. Participants were recruited during a two-year cross-sectional study among children who had their first teething assessed. The mothers answered medical history questions and the children underwent a clinical examination by paediatric dentists after training, calibration, and pilot study. Results. Two hundred and forty-eight children aged up to 12 months took part in the study. The mean number of teeth (SD) was 1.96 (2.55). 1.25% of children had natal teeth. Dental caries was observed in 3.2% children; traumatic dental injuries caused by falling in 7%; enamel hypoplasia in 1.9%, and mucosal lesions in 19.8% (Bohn’s nodules, mucocele, candidiasis). Conclusions. Oral lesions in infants may involve teething, teeth and oral mucosa. One child out of five children has mucosal lesions, most often Bohn’s nodules or candidiasis. There is a significant correlation between the prevalence of natal/neonatal teeth and of Bohn’s nodules.

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