北京市口腔医生对防护牙托认知水平的调查

Cognitive level of mouthguard for preventing dental trauma:a cross-sectional study of dentists in Beijing

目的调查评估北京市口腔医生对防护牙托的认知水平,进而促进牙外伤相关知识的普及和推广。方法选取北京市不同地区15所医院的口腔医生,共发放问卷276份,按时收回有效问卷258份,并整理资料进行统计学分析。结果 98.45%的口腔医生接受过良好的口腔医学教育,但55.87%的人毕业后从未接受过牙外伤相关知识的教育,甚至有19.77%的人从未听说过防护牙托的任何信息。不同工作年限的口腔医生获得防护牙托知识的途径不同,具有统计学意义(P<0.05);而对推荐防护牙托的类型是相同的,没有统计学意义(P>0.05)。结论北京市口腔医生对牙外伤的防护意识不强,对防护牙托的认知水平较低,有必要加强口腔医生的相关教育,进而促进口腔健康教育工作,降低牙外伤的发生。

Objective To investigate the cognitive level of mouthguard for preventing dental trauma and popularizing the knowledge of dental trauma among dentists in Beijing. Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted among 258 dentists selected randomly from fifteen hospitals of different regions. Results Almost 98.45% of dentists had received college education.But 138（55.87%） dentists had never received any trainings of dental trauma in continuing education.Fifty-one dentists had never heard of mouthguard for preventing dental trauma.Dentists with different work experiences selected different obtaining routes,which had statistical significance（P〈0.05）.But dentists with different work experiences recommended common types of mouthguard,which was not statistically significant（P〉0.05）.Conclusion Dentists＇ awareness of preventing dental trauma was still weak in Beijing.Dentists＇cognitive level of mouthguard was limited.It was necessary to intensifie the dentists education then encourage oral health education,reduce the probability of dental trauma.