Knowledge and Attitude about Emergency Management of Avulsed Tooth Amongst Paramedical Students of Visnagar, Gujarat: A Questionnaire-based Cross-sectional Study

Abstract

Introduction: Dental trauma has emerged as a significant aspect of dental public health. Traumatized teeth require early and appropriate treatment, which frequently relies on the competence of the dentists, doctors, and nurses who provide the primary care. Aim: To assess the knowledge and attitude of paramedical students about the emergency management of avulsed tooth. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey consisting of 17 questions was designed and circulated among 365 paramedical students (nursing, pharmacy and physiotherapy) of Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat, India, to assess their knowledge and attitude about the emergency management of avulsed tooth. Descriptive statistics were applied by Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 20.0. Results: Total 260 (71.23%, mean age of 23 years) students responded, with 71 students from Physiotherapy, 106 from Nursing and 83 from Pharmacy. A total of. 178 (68.46%) students comprehend the meaning of avulsion. While 193 (74.23%) students had knowledge that tooth re-implantation is possible. Of all the respondents, 192 students (73.84%) were familiar about the benefit of mouth guards for prevention of sports injury and 125 students (48.07%) opined that it is very important to be acquainted with emergency management of dental trauma. Conclusion: Though the paramedical students had good understanding about tooth avulsion, they were unaware about the emergency management of the situation. This warrants the need of incorporating training programmes dedicated to the subject in their curriculum.

Pre-service teachers’ attitudes towards artificial intelligence and its integration into EFL teaching and learning

“…• Generally, students were aware of AI applications in their respective fields (Ahmed, Bhinder, Tariq et al, 2022); Asmatahasin, Pratap et al, 2021;Fernandes, Bafna, Patel, & Parmar (2022) and had dominantly positive attitudes towards AI (compare also Baigi, Sarbaz, Ghaddaripouri et al, 2023).…”

“…Since 2019, several studies have been conducted on the attitudes of university students towards AI. The respondent groups were composed of students from the fields of economics and administration (e.g., Keleş & Aydın, 2021) and different fields of medicine and health care (Ahmed, Bhinder, Tariq et al, 2022;Al Hadithy, Al Lawati, Al-Zadjali, & Al Sinawi, 2023;Al-Qerem, Eberhardt, Jarab, et al, 2022;Asmatahasin, Pratap et al, 2021;Baigi, Sarbaz, Ghaddaripouri et al 2023;Doumat, Daher, Ghanem, & Khater, 2022;Fernandes, Bafna, Patel, & Parmar, 2022;Pinto Dos Santos, Giese, Brodehl et al, 2019;Teng, Singla, Yau et al, 2022;Truong, Vo et al, 2023;van Hoek, Huber, Leichtle, et al, 2019 and others). Their findings can be summarised as follows:…”

“…• In all studies, the responding students had no (Ahmed, Bhinder, Tariq et al, 2022;Al Hadithy, Al Lawati, Al-Zadjali, & Al Sinawi, 2023;Al-Qerem, Eberhardt, Jarab et al, 2023;Truong, Vo et al, 2023) or only basic knowledge of AI and its functionalities (Al Saad, Shehadeh, Alanazi et al, 2022;Asmatahasin, Pratap et al, 2021;Baigi, Sarbaz, Ghaddaripouri, et al, 2023;Doumat, Daher, Ghanem, & Khater, 2022;Fernandes, Bafna, Patel, & Parmar, 2022;Keleş & Aydın, 2021;Pinto Dos Santos, Giese, Brodehl et al, 2019;Teng, Singla, Yau et al, 2022;van Hoek, Huber, Leichtle et al, 2019).…”

“…• Barriers to their AI knowledge were identified by respondents as lack of knowledge, access, time constraints and curriculum gaps (Al-Qerem, Eberhardt, Jarab, et al (2023); Doumat, Daher, Ghanem, & Khater, 2022;Fernandes, Bafna, Patel, & Parmar, 2022;Truong, Vo et al, 2023).…”

Evaluation of Knowledge, Awareness, and Attitude Towards Management of Displaced Tooth from Socket (Avulsion) Amongst Nursing Fraternity in Mangaluru City: A Cross-Sectional Study

“…5 A favorable prognosis of an avulsed permanent tooth is contingent on proper handling of the emergency situation. 6 The initial hour constitutes a crucial time window at the accident site for the successful management of avulsed teeth. 7 Hence, healthcare professionals must be knowledgeable about the necessary procedures in cases of dental avulsion.…”