From: Knowledge and attitude of emergency physician about the emergency management of tooth avulsion
Questions | Options | Frequency | Percent |
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If you decided to replant the tooth into its socket, but it has fallen onto the ground and is covered with dirt, what would you do? | Rinse tooth under running water | 59 | 48.4 |
Gently wipe off the dirt that is stuck to the tooth by hand | 4 | 3.3 | |
Scrub the tooth gently with a toothbrush | 2 | 1.6 | |
Spray alcohol on the tooth | 15 | 12.3 | |
Put the tooth straight back into the socket, with no pretreatment | 2 | 1.6 | |
Don’t know | 40 | 32.8 | |
If you did not replant the tooth, How would you carry the tooth to the dentist? | Wrap in paper or gauze | 26 | 21.3 |
Pack the tooth in ice | 7 | 5.7 | |
Put in water | 10 | 8.2 | |
Put in milk | 38 | 31.1 | |
Put in saline | 26 | 21.3 | |
Put in alcohol | 3 | 2.5 | |
Put in disinfecting solution | 5 | 4.2 | |
Hold the tooth in the child’s mouth | 0 | 0 | |
Missing | 7 | 5.7 | |
How to hold an avulsed tooth? | From the crown | 63 | 51.6 |
From the root | 2 | 1.6 | |
Anywhere (crown or root) | 11 | 9.1 | |
Don’t know | 46 | 37.7 |