Table 2. Teachers distribution with regard to knowledge of dental trauma and emergency protocol.

Question	Correct	Incorrect
1. A 9-year-old child is hit on the face by a ball and fractures two anterior teeth. Are the affected teeth:
( ) Permanent teeth. ( ) Milk teeth.	102 (72.3%)	39 (27.7%)
2. Which of the following actions do you consider most adequate?
( ) You will look for the parts of broken tooth and after class, would contact his parents to explain what had happened. ( ) You will look for the parts of broken tooth and then give him a warm drink and would contact her parents. ( ) You will look for the parts of broken tooth and would contact his parents and then send him immediately to the dentist.	83 (58.9%)	58 (41.1%)
3. At school, a 12-year-old child falls down the stairs and hits his/her mouth on the floor. One of his/her top front teeth was knocked out of the mouth. What would be the first thing you do?
( ) You would look for the tooth and wash it with tap water. ( ) You would ask the child to bite on a tissue paper to control bleeding. ( ) You would ask the child to hold the tooth carefully in his mouth and take her immediately to the nearest dentist. ( ) You would look for the tooth and put it back into the socket.	70 (49.6%)	71 (50.4%)
4. If you decide to reimplant the tooth back in its place, but it had fallen on the floor, what would you do?
( ) You would scrub the tooth gently with a toothbrush. ( ) You would rinse the tooth under tap water. ( ) You would put the tooth straight back into the socket without any pretreatment.	108 (76.6%)	33 (23.4%)
5. If you chose to wash the tooth, which solution would you use to wash it?
( ) Tap water. ( ) Saline solution. ( ) Alcohol. ( ) Filtered water. ( ) Antiseptic solution.	103 (73.0%)	38 (27.0%)
6. If you do not reimplant the tooth, how would you transport it to the dentist?
( ) Tap water. ( ) Milk. ( ) Child’s mouth. ( ) Paper tissue. ( ) Filtered water.	24 (17.0%)	117 (83.0%)