Table 4:
Gender-wise comparison of knowledge of coaches regarding storage media for carrying an avulsed tooth to the dentist
| How would you store / carry an out of socket tooth to your dentist? | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In your mouth/saliva | Water | Wrapped in cotton/cloth | HBSS solution | Any other | Total | |||
| Sex | Males | n | 19 | 85 | 140 | 14 | 27 | 285 |
| % | 6.7% | 29.8% | 49.1% | 4.9% | 9.5% | 100.0% | ||
| Females | n | 7 | 21 | 38 | 5 | 9 | 80 | |
| % | 8.8% | 26.3% | 47.5% | 6.3% | 11.3% | 100.0% | ||
| Total | n | 26 | 106 | 178 | 19 | 36 | 365 | |
| % | 7.1% | 29.0% | 48.8% | 5.2% | 9.9% | 100.0% | ||
| p-value | 0.894, NS | |||||||
No statistically significant difference was found among male and female coach's knowledge regarding storage media for carrying an avulsed tooth to the dentist. Majority of both males and female coaches were not aware of it. Only 7.1% of total study population is aware of this fact