Evaluation of knowledge of dental trauma approach of child day care center professionals

Authors

  • Maurício Bacarin Silva Universidade do Estado do Amazonas (UEA)
  • Andrea Melo Moutinho da Costa UEA
  • Maria Eliana Cruz de Almeida UEA
  • Savana Alencar Maia UEA
  • Cíntia Iara Oda Carvalhal UEA
  • Gimol Benchimol de Resende UEA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5585/conssaude.v8i1.1438

Keywords:

Creches, Odontopediatria, Qualificação profissional, Traumatismos dentários.

Abstract

Dental trauma in childhood occurs in places children are being assisted. The time between the accident and the dentist’s intervention interferes in the prognosis. This paper investigated the knowledge of thirty professionals of two day care center related to attendance of children with dental trauma. By means of a descriptive research, it was applied a questionnaire to analyze the profile of the subjects, exemplifying dental trauma situations and which would be the first aids. Only 3,3% were prepared for dental trauma, and 26,7% had a first-aid training. Women participated in the research. 83,3% were graduated or were not finished graduation; 60% had between 5 to 20 years of professional experience; 47% were 30-39 years old. On average, 30% answered correctly. The Chi-squared test was performed. There was not a relation among knowledge about dental trauma and professional experience or formation of individuals. It was concluded that the majority of the evaluated subjects was not prepared to deal with dental trauma.

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Author Biographies

Maurício Bacarin Silva, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas (UEA)

Especialista em Odontopediatria - UEA

Andrea Melo Moutinho da Costa, UEA

Mestre em Patologia Tropical - Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM) - Professora da UEA

Maria Eliana Cruz de Almeida, UEA

Mestre em Odontopediatria – Centro Universitário Hermínio Ometto de Araras (UNIARARAS) - Professora da UEA

Savana Alencar Maia, UEA

Mestre em Ortodontia - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Professora da UEA

Cíntia Iara Oda Carvalhal, UEA

Mestre em Materiais Dentários - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) - Professora da UEA

Gimol Benchimol de Resende, UEA

Doutora em Odontopediatria – Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) - Professora da UEA

Published

2009-05-11

How to Cite

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Silva MB, Costa AMM da, Almeida MEC de, Maia SA, Carvalhal CIO, Resende GB de. Evaluation of knowledge of dental trauma approach of child day care center professionals. Cons. Saúde [Internet]. 2009 May 11 [cited 2024 Jul. 17];8(1):65-74. Available from: https://periodicos.uninove.br/saude/article/view/1438

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