Preventive treatment of post-traumatic dental infraocclusion: study on the knowledge of dental decoronation in a sample of Italian dental students and dentists

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ABSTRACT

Aim

The aim of the present work is to investigate whether dental decoronation is a procedure known by a sample of dental
students and Italian dentists. Dental decoronation technique is performed in order to mitigate the outcomes which may occur after a
delayed tooth replantation.

Methods

A cognitive survey about the knowledge of the dental decoronation
technique was carried on two groups: a sample of 120 dental students (5th year of dental school), from University of Cagliari, Sassari
and of Chieti-Pescara (60 males and 60 females), and a group which involved 200 Italian dentists (age comprised between 25 and 45,
130 females and 70 males) enrolled at pedodontics and orthodontics Masters and CE courses (University of Roma Sapienza, Chieti-
Pescara, Cagliari). The latter group's main field of work was paediatric dentistry and orthodontics, two dental specialties often involved
in treating Traumatic dental injuries.

Results

Only 20 dentists out of the 200 interviewed answered that they knew this technique and
only 5 of them proved to know it and were able to describe it correctly. No students interviewed knew this technique.

Conclusion

It
is apparent from the results of this survey that there is very little information about the dental decoronation technique both during the
Degree Course in Dentistry and Post Graduate specialty programmes (Continuing Education Courses and Masters).

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