An investigation on parents' knowledge of dental trauma in primary school of chancheng district, Foshan City

To investigate the knowledge of pupil's parents for the emergency treatment of dental trauma in Chancheng of Foshan.

By the method of random sampling, a total of 320 parents from 5 primary schools of Chancheng District was selected for questionnaire survey on the treatment method of children's dental trauma. Chi square test was used for statistical analysis.

40.6% of the parents didn't know that the anterior teeth of a nine-year-old child was permanent. 66.2% of parents didn't know suitable methods to deal with the avulsed tooth. 72.2% parents didn't selected the corrected preservation medium for the avulsed tooth. 95.6% of parents believed they needed to learn more knowledge of emergency treatment for dental trauma.

The present study showed that the knowledge of parents in Chancheng of Foshan about the emergency treatment of dental trauma is inadequate and related education is necessary.