I Eroje A B, Tikare S, AlQahtani N A, Braimoh O B, Sundarraj R K, Muteq M A, Alshehri A A, Almanadiah A S, Albargi A M
Department of Periodontics and Community Dental Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Department of Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, College of Health Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Choba Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
Niger J Clin Pract. 2020 Mar;23(3):343-348. doi: 10.4103/njcp.njcp_466_19.
Dental trauma is a major public oral health problem owing to its high prevalence. The school sports teachers who observe children when they participate in sports have a key role in the prevention and management of traumatic injuries. The present study aims to determine the awareness of sports teachers on the occurrence and prevention of oral-facial trauma in southern Saudi Arabia.
The present study was a cross-sectional study design among sports teachers in a southern subpopulation of Saudi Arabia. A draft questionnaire with 11 items was constructed under three domains: occurrence pattern, prevention, and management of dental trauma.
A total of 191 sports teachers from various schools participated in the survey. The majority (88%) of the teachers had encountered orofacial trauma among children during sporting activity in schools. The most common orofacial structure involved in injury was the teeth (33.5%) and lips (25.2%). Only 50.8% of subjects knew stock tray as a type of mouthguard and 27.7% of teachers responded that they do not recommend mouthguards for children during sporting activities. Nearly 80.6% teachers were aware of the possibility of reimplanting an avulsed tooth. About 72.8% teachers had poor knowledge of immediate action necessary for successful outcomes of reimplanted teeth.
Orofacial trauma was commonly encountered by sports teachers among children during sporting activities in the school. There was poor awareness regarding types of mouth guards and its significance among the sports school teachers. The knowledge related to the management of emergency oral injuries was inadequate.
由于牙外伤的高患病率，它是一个主要的公共口腔健康问题。在孩子们参加体育活动时进行观察的学校体育教师在创伤性损伤的预防和管理中起着关键作用。本研究旨在确定沙特阿拉伯南部体育教师对口腔面部创伤的发生和预防的认知情况。
本研究是对沙特阿拉伯南部一个亚人群中的体育教师进行的横断面研究设计。在三个领域构建了一份包含11个条目的问卷草案：牙外伤的发生模式、预防和管理。
共有来自不同学校的191名体育教师参与了调查。大多数（88%）教师在学校体育活动期间遇到过儿童口腔面部创伤。受伤涉及的最常见口腔结构是牙齿（33.5%）和嘴唇（25.2%）。只有50.8%的受试者知道库存托盘是一种护齿器类型，27.7%的教师表示他们在体育活动期间不向儿童推荐使用护齿器。近80.6%的教师知道再植脱位牙的可能性。约72.8%的教师对再植牙成功预后所需的立即行动了解不足。
在学校体育活动期间，体育教师在儿童中普遍遇到口腔面部创伤。体育学校教师对护齿器类型及其重要性的认识较差。与紧急口腔损伤管理相关的知识不足。
