"KNOWLEDGE OF DENTISTS OF THE FEDERAL DISTRICT ABOUT DENTAL REATTACHMENT FRAGMENT IN CORONARY FRACTURES"
Dental injuries; fractured crown; fragment reattachment
"Dental trauma is a common dental public health problem, and it affects 20% to 30% of permanent dentition worldwide. Crown fractures and luxations of these teeth are the most commonly occurring of all dental injuries. Reattachment of a tooth fragment is a viable alternative to restore a fractured tooth. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and previous experience of dentists from Federal District towards tooth fragment reattachment procedures. This is a cross-sectional observational study approved by CEP/FS of the University of Brasília (CAAE 51465721.8.0000.0030) that an electronic study was available (Google Forms Platform), with objective and self-reported questions, for professionals with active CRO, regardless of the degree of training and/or specialty. A total of 416 dentists participated of the study, of which 58.9% were female and 41.1% male. From the total number of participants, 22.4% do not have a specialty, on the other hand, the most prevalent specialties were Orthodontics (16.1%) and Dental Prosthesis (13.9%). 70% declared having knowledge about fragment bonding, but only 42.3% reported that they had previous experience with this procedure. The most indicated storage medium for the fractured fragment was milk (78.1%) and the bonding materials indicated were adhesive + composite resin (86.3%). Most participants reported that in the face of a clinical case of uncomplicated coronary fracture, with the presence of a coronary fragment in good condition, they would choose to perform the crown reattachment (66.3%), however there was a great divergence between the choice of the time of fragment rehydration. It is concluded that the majority of participants of this study know the technique and demonstrate knowledge about how to lead in cases of fragment reattachment, however some points need to be reinforced regarding this procedure."