First aid for dental avulsion : knowledge of procedures among medical students

Traumatske ozljede zuba najčešće se javljaju kod djece. Oštećenja mliječnih i trajnih zuba mogu biti veoma teška osobito ako se javljaju u kombinaciji s ozljedom mekih tkiva te predstavljaju veoma stresno stanje djetetu i njegovim roditeljima. Zbrinjavanje takvih zuba osobito je važno kako bi se održao vitalitet zuba i spriječio njihov gubitak. Gubitak zuba predstavlja veliki emocionalni i socijalni problem djetetu u njegovom daljnjem životu. Budući da uz traumu zuba može doći do oštećenja mekih tkiva što je popraćeno obilnim krvarenjem, roditelji se za pomoć često prvo obrate doktoru medicine. Znanje o postupcima s traumatiziranim zubom zbog toga je veoma važno kod doktora medicine kako bi se zub očuvao u zubnom nizu i omogućio daljnji normalni razvoj djeteta. Ovo istraživanje provedeno je uz pomoć anketnih upitnika na studentima medicine Medicinskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Rijeci. U istraživanju je obuhvaćeno 86 studenta III., IV. i V. godine studija. Anketni upitnik sastojao se od 23 pitanja koja su obuhvaćala demografska pitanja, osobna iskustva s traumatskom ozljedom zuba, teorijsko znanje o traumatskim ozljedama zuba te želja za daljnjom edukacijom. Istraživanje je pokazalo da je 27,9% ispitanika imalo traumatsku ozljedu zuba od čega 33,3% muškog, a 25,0% ženskog spola. Najčešće traumatizirani zub kod tih ispitanika bio je sjekutić. Istraživanje je pokazalo osrednje znanje studenata medicine o traumatskim ozljedama zuba. Rezultati pokazuju kako velika većina studenata u toku dosadašnjeg obrazovanja nije informirano i educirano o postupcima u slučaju traumatskih ozljeda zuba, ali pokazuju želju i svjesni su važnosti edukacije o ovoj problematici.Traumatic tooth injuries are most often happening to children. Deciduous and permanent teeth damages can be very difficult, especially if they happen in combination with soft tissue injury, and are very stressful for both the child and his parents. Taking care of those teeth is very important to retain teeth vitality and prevent their loss. Losing teeth can be very emotionally and socially hard for the child in his future life. Since with traumatic tooth injury usually comes soft tissue injury, which means severe bleeding, parents often look for help from their family doctor. Therefore, it is very important that doctors know how to treat traumatic tooth injuries to keep the tooth healthy and make further child development possible. This research was carried out in form of a questionnaire among medicine students on Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka. Research included 86 students on 3rd, 4th and 5th year. Questionnaire had 23 questions about demographics, personal experience with traumatic tooth injuries, theoretical knowledge about traumatic teeth injuries and their will to learn more about the subject. Research has shown that 27,9% of examinees had some kind of traumatic tooth injury, 33,3% were male and 25,0% were female. Tooth most often injured was incisor tooth. Research has shown that medicine students have average knowledge about traumatic tooth injuries. Results show that vast majority of students were not informed nor educated about traumatic tooth injuries during their studies, but they show the will and are aware of the importance of being educated about this problem