“A Study To Assess The Level Of Knowledge And Attitude Related To Tooth Avulsion Management Among School Teachers Working In Selected Schools At Mangalore."

Abstract

Smile reveals an individual 's self-confidence.it is also a means of socialization where teeth play a vital role in a pleasant smile and also contributes to each individual's well-being and quality by positivity affecting physical and mental well -being ,appearance and interpersonal relationship children especially school children,face particular health challenges including all health problems related to the stages of their physical and mental development,which makes them especially vulnerable to traumatic dental injuries including the tooth avulsion.

Aim of the study:  The study aim to assess the level of knowledge and attitude related to tooth avulsion management among school teachers in selected schools at managlore".

Material and Method: descriptive research design and quantitative research approach was used for the study among 70 school teachers selected by simple random sampling technique. The data was collected by usingassessing the knowledge and attitude related to tooth avulsion management and demographic Performa.

Result: The result shows that majority 49(70.0%) of them had excellent knowledge,15(21.4%) of them had good knowledge, 4(5.7%)had average knowledge,2(2.9%) of them had poor knowledge regarding tooth avulsion.Majority 66(94.3%) were shown positive attitude and only 4(5.7%) of them have shown neutral attitude towards tooth avulsion.There was a significant association between level of knowledge and selected demographic variables like age, qualification ,experience and source of information.There was no significant association between level of attitude and selected demographic variables

Interpretation and conclusion: The study proved that majority of school teachers have excellent knowledge and had positive attitude towards tooth avulsion