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Revista Salud Uninorte
Print version ISSN 0120-5552On-line version ISSN 2011-7531
Abstract
MARRIAGA GUTIERREZ, Adolfo et al. Evaluation of the knowledge treatment in dentoalveolar trauma among dentists of public hospitals in Barranquilla, Colombia. Salud, Barranquilla [online]. 2018, vol.34, n.1, pp.58-67. ISSN 0120-5552.
Objective:
To evaluate the degree of knowledge of general dentists in the public network of the district of Barranquilla on dentoalveolar trauma.
Materials and methods:
Observational study, descriptive cross-sectional, based on interviews with 33 general dentists of the public network from Barranquilla, regarding dentoalveolar trauma. The survey was previously validated by an expert team of dental surgeons and endodontists.
Results:
It was observed a 12.12% (n=4) of the population studied had a low level of knowledge, 18.18% (n=6) an acceptable level, while only 9.09% (n=3) had a good level of knowledge. The most frequent category was “regular” with a 60.6% (n=20).
Conclusion:
In this project, it was observed that most general dentists who participated were categorized with a “not to standard” level of knowledge (60.6%) and acceptable (18.18%) according to the right answer scale of the applied questionnaire. A “low” level of knowledge was present on 12.12%, while only a 9.09% had a good level of knowledge.
Keywords : dentoalveolar trauma; general dentist; Barranquilla; knowledge..