de França Rossana India, Traebert Jefferson, de Lacerda Josimari Telino
Dental Public Health Research Group, South of Santa Catarina University, Tubarão-SC, Brazil.
Dent Traumatol. 2007 Oct;23(5):287-90. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-9657.2006.00444.x.
The objective of this study was to assess the knowledge of dentists working in the city of Tubarão, southern Brazil, about the immediate treatment of traumatic dental injuries. A cross-sectional study was carried out involving all dentists who were working in the city in 2004 (n = 108). Data were collected through self-applied questionnaires with questions about sex, time elapsed since graduation, whether the dentists had attended postgraduate courses and also four questions about traumatic dental injuries in which the dentists selected the best answer. The response rate was 86.1%. For the two questions related to dental avulsion, 36.6% and 16.1% of professionals respectively, chose the correct answer according to the literature. For the question related to coronal fracture, 75.3% chose the correct answer. For the questions related to an incident without dental avulsion or fracture, 73.1% chose the correct answer. Time elapsed since graduation was the only variable statistically associated with the correct answer for the question related to coronal fracture. A significantly greater number of professionals with < or = 10 years of experience chose the correct answer when compared with professionals with >10 years experience (P < 0.001). It can be concluded that the great majority of professionals would not intervene according to the literature in the cases of avulsion. Less time elapsed since graduation was statistically associated with the correct answer in the coronal fracture case.
本研究的目的是评估在巴西南部图巴朗市工作的牙医关于牙外伤即刻治疗的知识。开展了一项横断面研究，纳入了2004年在该市工作的所有牙医（n = 108）。通过自行填写的问卷收集数据，问卷内容包括性别、毕业时长、牙医是否参加过研究生课程，以及四个关于牙外伤的问题，让牙医选择最佳答案。回复率为86.1%。对于与牙脱位相关的两个问题，分别有36.6%和16.1%的专业人员根据文献选择了正确答案。对于与冠折相关的问题，75.3%选择了正确答案。对于与无牙脱位或骨折事件相关的问题，73.1%选择了正确答案。毕业时长是与冠折相关问题的正确答案唯一有统计学关联的变量。与有超过10年经验的专业人员相比，经验≤10年的专业人员选择正确答案的人数显著更多（P < 0.001）。可以得出结论，在牙脱位病例中，绝大多数专业人员不会按照文献进行干预。在冠折病例中，毕业时长与正确答案有统计学关联，毕业时长越短关联越明显。
