Oral trauma and dental emergency management recommendations of first-aid textbooks and manuals

Author: Zadik, Yehuda

Source: Dental Traumatology, Volume 23, Number 5, October 2007 , pp. 304-306(3)

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Abstract:

Zadik Y. Oral trauma and dental emergency management recommendations of first-aid textbooks and manuals. Abstract -

The recommendations of oral trauma and dental emergencies management of nine first-aid textbooks and manuals from the last two decades were evaluated. Only one book includes all the relevant topics: dental anatomy, management of tooth luxations and avulsion, tooth fracture, mandible dislocation, jaw fracture, intraoral bleeding and dental pain. Two books recommend self-replantation of an avulsed tooth, but four books detail the storage media and evaluate the importance of a quick referral to a dental surgery. In three first-aid books, the only mention of oral trauma is the hazard of choking from tooth fragments, and in one other book, only mandible dislocation is mentioned as oral trauma. The insufficient information of oral trauma management in these first-aid texts partly explains the previous reports of poor and inadequate knowledge in that topic among medics, teachers and the general public.

Keywords: dental trauma; first aid; tooth avulsion

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-9657.2006.00443.x

Publication date: 2007-10-01