Department of Pedodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.
Dent Traumatol. 2012 Apr;28(2):101-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-9657.2011.01042.x. Epub 2011 Jul 26.
The aim of this study was to evaluate via a questionnaire the knowledge level of primary school teachers in Ankara, Turkey, regarding dental trauma; to inform them on the subject through a leaflet; and to evaluate the effectiveness of the leaflet by reapplying the questionnaire.
A questionnaire was distributed to 500 teachers in seven randomly selected primary schools. The questionnaire consisted of four different scenarios presented with photographs and a total of eight questions on crown fracture, lateral luxation, root fracture, and avulsion. After responding to the questionnaire, teachers were given a leaflet containing information about traumatic dental injuries and their emergency management. After 1 month, the same questionnaire was distributed, and the responses collected.
A total of 450 of 500 teachers responded to the questionnaire. Initial responses indicated the knowledge level of teachers to be quite low. Following the distribution of the information leaflet, the rate of correct answers increased for each of the individual questions, and the total scores for the questionnaire increased significantly (P = 0.0001).
There is a clear need to inform teachers about traumatic dental injuries. The use of educational leaflets can be a successful and appropriate means of providing teachers with information.
本研究旨在通过问卷评估土耳其安卡拉市的小学教师对牙外伤的知识水平；通过发放宣传册向他们宣传相关知识；并通过再次发放问卷评估宣传册的效果。
在七所随机选定的小学中，向 500 名教师发放了问卷。问卷包括四个不同的场景，每个场景都附有照片和关于冠折、侧方脱位、根折和牙脱位的八个问题。在回答完问卷后，教师们收到了一份包含关于创伤性牙损伤及其紧急处理的信息的宣传册。一个月后，再次发放了相同的问卷并收集了回复。
在 500 名教师中，共有 450 名教师对问卷做出了回应。最初的回应表明教师的知识水平相当低。在分发信息宣传册后，每个问题的正确答案率都有所提高，问卷的总分显著增加（P = 0.0001）。
有明确的需要向教师宣传牙外伤。使用教育宣传册是向教师提供信息的一种成功且适当的方式。
