Primary School Teachers’ Knowledge Regarding Emergency Management of Avulsed Permanent Incisors

The goal of this study was to evaluate primary school teachers' knowledge regardingemergency management of avulsed permanent incisors.Materials and Methods: The study was conducted in fifty randomly chosen primaryschools from Casablanca, Morocco. All teachers of the selected schools were included inthe study. The data were collected by self administered questionnaires. The questions focusedon the teachers' general characteristics, experience of avulsed teeth and the importanceof emergency management. The data were analyzed using chi square test.Results: A total of 501 teachers, of which 23.6% were male and 75.4% were female, answeredthe questionnaire. The results showed that 44.5 % of the teachers had an experienceof avulsed tooth at school, 82.82% of them knew the importance of emergency managementand 32.6% would look for a dentist for treatment of the cases. Only 15.8% wouldreimplant the tooth themselves. Regarding the storage media, 21.95% would keep theavulsed tooth in milk. There was no significant difference between gender and educationlevel (p>0.05).Conclusion: This study shows school teachers' lack of knowledge regarding dental traumaand especially tooth avulsion. Therefore, the results indicated that educational programsare necessary for improvement in their level of knowledge.