Department of Periodontology, School of Graduate Dentistry, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.
Dent Traumatol. 2010 Feb;26(1):86-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-9657.2009.00847.x.
The purpose of this interventional study was to evaluate the effect of a short dental trauma lecture on knowledge of first-aid management of dental avulsion among high-risk population.
A total of 336 army recruits were randomly assigned to two groups. To evaluate the level of knowledge, we used a structured questionnaire, adapted from Andersson et al. (Dent Traumatol, 22, 2006, 57) and translated to Hebrew. The control group (n = 137) answered the questionnaire. The intervention group (n = 199) received a 60-min slides lecture by a (military) dental practitioner, regarding general concepts of body injuries, facial and oral injuries and practise first-aid management of these injuries. The intervention group filled the same questionnaire following this lecture.
General knowledge of emergency treatment of injuries to other parts of the body was rather good for all participants; however, the level of knowledge was significantly higher in the intervention group (P < 0.05). General knowledge regarding tooth and avulsion was quite disappointing in the control group but was significantly higher in the intervention group (P < 0.001). The same was observed when interpreting the results regarding special knowledge of avulsion first-aid management: How to clean the tooth before replantation, extra-alveolar time and storage method and medium (P < 0.001).
The present study revealed excellent results following a short dental trauma instruction lecture. As raising the public awareness on the subject of dealing with dental trauma is important for the prognosis of the tooth, this way of improving knowledge to high-risk populations should be further examined in long-term studies.
本介入研究旨在评估短期口腔创伤讲座对高危人群中牙齿脱落急救管理知识的影响。
将 336 名陆军新兵随机分为两组。为评估知识水平，我们使用了改编自 Andersson 等人（牙外伤杂志，22，2006，57）的结构化问卷，并翻译成希伯来语。对照组（n=137）回答问卷。干预组（n=199）由一名（军事）牙医进行了 60 分钟的幻灯片讲座，内容涉及身体损伤、面部和口腔损伤的一般概念以及这些损伤的急救管理实践。干预组在讲座后填写了相同的问卷。
所有参与者对身体其他部位损伤的紧急处理一般知识相当好；然而，干预组的知识水平明显更高（P<0.05）。对照组关于牙齿和脱落的一般知识相当令人失望，但干预组明显更高（P<0.001）。当解释有关牙脱位急救管理的特殊知识的结果时，也是如此：如何在再植前清洁牙齿、牙槽外时间和储存方法以及介质（P<0.001）。
本研究显示，短期口腔创伤指导讲座后取得了优异的效果。由于提高公众对处理牙齿创伤问题的认识对牙齿的预后很重要，因此应在长期研究中进一步研究这种提高高危人群知识的方法。
