Avaliação do conhecimento dos pais ou responsáveis sobre traumatismo em dentes decíduos

Abstract

The management or treatment of traumatized teeth should be performed immediately, being that the greater part of the first aid is given by parents and teachers, emphasizing the importance of knowledge at the time of administration of trauma, on the part of those responsible. However, studies have reported a lack of knowledge in this area both at home and at school. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate the knowledge of their parents or guardians about trauma in deciduous teeth. The evaluation was performed by means of a cross-sectional study was performed, in which the application of a questionnaire evaluating the knowledge about trauma in deciduous teeth of parents or guardians of children treated in clinics of Pediatric Dentistry School of Dentistry of Federal University of Uberlândia during the year of 2019. The questionnaire involved two parts, the first dealing with variables such as gender, age, previous experience with trauma in deciduous teeth, prior experience with courses or lectures about trauma in deciduous teeth and importance given to knowledge about the theme, the second part contained three situations of trauma in deciduous tooth in the form of closed questions, multiple choice. In addition to the descriptive analysis, Fisher exact test was used to verify the association between the variables, respecting the significance level of 5%. The presentation of the results considered n=97. The sample had a predominance of females (81.4%) and slight predominance of age from 31 to 40 years (40.2%). Although 95.8% of the participants have considered important to undertake any course or lecture about trauma in deciduous teeth, only 6.2% reported having participated. In addition, 25.8% of the sample reached unsatisfactory scores in clinical cases addressing trauma in deciduous teeth. It was possible to verify that age was associated with the knowledge about trauma in deciduous teeth (p=0.041). It was concluded that there is a need on the part of parents or guardians, to receive information regarding trauma in deciduous teeth, in which a considerable part of the population studied presented unsatisfactory knowledge about the theme.