The Effect of Using an Educational Poster on Mothers’ Knowledge of Emergency Management of Dental Avulsion

Autori

  • Seyedeh Hediyeh Daneshvar Assistant Professor, Dental Sciences Research Center, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
  • Melika Khaef Dentist, Private Practice

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/d3000.2022.189

Parole chiave:

Tooth Avulsion, Knowledge, Pediatric Dentistry

Abstract

Introduction: Mothers are commonly the first ones who encounter the dental avulsion in children. High knowledge of them could greatly affect the success rate of treatment. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of educational poster on the mother’s knowledge about management of dental avulsion.

Materials and Methods: This study was conducted at the Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Guilan University of Medical Sciences from November 2020 to February 2021. After obtaining the informed consent, a questionnaire containing the mothers’ socio-demographic information and 8 questions regarding knowledge about dental avulsion was responded alone by 262 mothers (131 in the study group and 131 in control group) before educational poster presentation in the study group. After three months, the participants of both groups were re-evaluated using the same questionnaire. McNemar’s test and Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) was used to analyze the data. Results with P < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. 

Results: Use of an educational poster improved the knowledge of participants of study group about dental avulsion, although this improvement was statistically significant in questions regarding immediate emergency action (P=0.003), appropriate time for replantation (P<0.001), cleaning before replantation of a dirty tooth(P=0.022) and suitable storage medium for transferring an avulsed tooth (P<0.001). It was found that variables like age, level of education, employment status and previous training had no significant effect on participants knowledge(P>0.05).

Conclusion: Results showed that the use of posters as an educational method can effectively improve mothers’ knowledge about management of children’s dental avulsion.

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2022-05-09

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Infancy & Adolescence