Assessment of Elementary School Teachers’ Level of Knowledge and Attitude regarding Traumatic Dental Injuries in the United Arab Emirates

Table 2

Participants attitude towards traumatic dental injuries.

Questions	Strongly agree/agree
	(%)
A teacher is not responsible for posttraumatic dental injuries	104 (36)
Time consciousness for emergency management of dental trauma can play a vital role in improving tooth prognosis	282 (89)
A tooth after avulsion will be lost definitely, so there is no need for treatment	35 (12)
Dental trauma emergency management must become one of the educational priorities for teachers	177 (61)
Dental trauma emergency is not an emergency situation	41 (14)
Teacher intervention in school dental injuries may play a key role in traumatized tooth	212 (73)
Emergency management of dental trauma requires special education and therefore there is no need for teacher intervention	114 (40)
Wearing a mouth guard should be compulsory in all contact sports	186 (65)
Due to legal considerations, it is advisable that a teacher refrains from intervening in such scenarios	102 (35)
Having some short pertinent educational experiences, educators can provide better assistance in traumatic dental scenarios	232 (81)