Avaliação do conhecimento de educadores infantis das escolas municipais de Patos - Paraíba frente à avulsão dentária.

Abstract

Dental avulsion in childhood is quite frequent and the school environment is a place susceptible to its occurrence because children and pre-adolescents are involved in sports activities. The present research had the purpose of evaluating the level of knowledge of the elementary school educators of the municipal schools of Patos, Paraíba, against dental avulsions in the school environment. This cross-sectional, observational study adopted the questionnaire as a data collection strategy. Eleven municipal schools of Patos elementary school were selected for our research, so the sample was composed of 91 teachers. The questionnaire was composed of 15 questions and was divided into three parts (sample characterization, previous experiences and specific questions about dental avulsion). The majority of teachers are female (87.7%), aged between 20 and 60 years. They are not oriented, nor had any type of training during their training on dental avulsion (92%), nor do they consider themselves prepared to rescue a student (93.41%). In the case of an avulsion, 68.13% would store the dental element, while 4.39 would reposition the tooth in its place. The results found in this study demonstrate the lack of knowledge related to urgent procedures to be performed in cases of dental avulsion. This indicates the great need to incorporate this discipline into the curriculum of these professionals, training of the appropriate initial management, as well as conducting health education campaigns in schools, so that the reality of the prognosis becomes positive.