What has been done recently to increase knowledge among lay people and care givers? (17) ! Short lessons including discussion about replantation of a totally luxated tooth. ! Distribution of brochures and posters about Dental First-aid. ! Telemedical. ! Manuals in waiting rooms. Lessons and manuals must be repeated / updated regularly, which is costly and time-consuming. ! Today lay people prefer to use the following methods to look for knowledge: ! Internet ! Dental personnel ! Television
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! The following is known: ! The main part of 16-30 year olds are injured outside working hours (evenings and weekends) when many emergency dental clinics are closed.
! Which means: ! Those who are present at the scene of a dental accident are the first to take care of the injured person. ! If acute clinics are closed they must take care of the dental trauma until they reach an opened dental clinic.