Abstract
One of the most serious traumatic dental injuries is avulsion of teeth. Replantation of avulsed permanent tooth is the treatment of choice and its prognosis depends on the emergency management of the tooth. Therefore it is important that the parents and teachers who are the first contact people at the site of injury be aware of this. The aim of the study was to evaluate the parental knowledge and awareness about the emergency management of avulsed permanent tooth in South Bangalore. This was done by administering a questionnaire to 280 parents whose children were in the age group of 6-10 yrs and had enrolled in a sporting club. The results showed that though most of the parents supervised their children during sporting activities 59.9 do not have any knowledge on the management of dental trauma plt0.001. It is concluded that regardless of the level of education the parents in Bangalore South whose children were training in sports had insufficient knowledge about emergency management of avulsed teeth. We believe that information and education programs targeting the parents would improve the management of permanent tooth avulsion.
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