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Educational Dental Program and Its Impact on Emergency Management of Traumatic Dental Injuries in Children

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Pedodontics

Abstract

Purpose: this study was conducted to design an educational dental program (campaign) for improvement of the awareness of parents, teachers and general dental practitioners regarding emergency management of traumatic dental injuries (TDI) in children and evaluate the impact of educational dental program (campaign) on level of knowledge about emergency procedure in TDI in children after 3 and 9 months. Subjects and Methods: A total number of 800 parents, 200 schoolteachers, and 200 general dental Practitioners' were randomly chosen. Evaluation of knowledge level for all groups was surveyed using a self-administered structured questionnaire, followed by awareness stage campaign to improve the level of knowledge of these groups of adults who would be the first line of defense in emergency TDI that can happen at home, school, and primary medical centers; then, the effect of the different awareness methods was evaluated among the groups. Result: A significant difference have been noticed in the level of knowledge in the groups after the educational dental program (campaign). Conclusion: educational dental program (campaign) play a main role in increasing level of awareness with emergency management of traumatic injuries in children,and cases prognosis. Educational Dental Program and Its Impact on EmergencyManagement of Traumatic Dental Injuries in Children

DOI

10.21608/adjg.2021.47750.1312

Keywords

Emergency, Traumatic dental injuries, General Dental Practitioner, Avulsion, teachers

Authors

First Name

Nada

Last Name

Salem

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Assistant Lecturer at Pedodontics and public Health Department, Faculty of Dental Medicine, October 6th Universit, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

dr_nada8833@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

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First Name

Mervat

Last Name

Fawzy

MiddleName

I.

Affiliation

Professor of Endodontics Department, Faculty of Dental Medicine for Girls, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

mervat_3105@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Mostafa

MiddleName

H.

Affiliation

Associate Professor and Head of Pedodontics and Oral Dental Health Department, Faculty of Dental Medicine for Girls, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

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dr.farouz00@gmail.com

City

Cairo

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Volume

9

Article Issue

1

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30234

Issue Date

2022-01-01

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2021-11-19

Publish Date

2022-01-01

Page Start

167

Page End

178

Print ISSN

2537-0308

Online ISSN

2537-0316

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https://adjg.journals.ekb.eg/article_214994.html

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488

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Publication Title

Al-Azhar Dental Journal for Girls

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https://adjg.journals.ekb.eg/

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22 Jan 2023