TY - JOUR
T1 - Knowledge, perception, and management toward traumatic tooth avulsion among dental professionals
T2 - a cross-sectional study
AU - AL-Huthaifi, Basem H.
AU - Ghwainem, Abdulhamid Al
AU - Alqarni, Adel S.
AU - Alshehri, Bandar Yahya
AU - Almnea, Raid Abdullah
AU - Alelyani, Ahmed Ali
AU - Alshahrani, Abdulmajeed Saeed
AU - Al Moaleem, Mohammed M.
AU - Alhumaidi, Ashraf Mohammed
AU - Abdullah, Baker Mohammed Abdo
AU - Shaamala, Emad Mohamed
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2025.
PY - 2025/12
Y1 - 2025/12
N2 - Background: Tooth avulsion is a severe type of dental trauma requiring immediate response and management. Timely treatment according to International Association of Dental Traumatology (IADT) protocols is important in achieving an optimal outcome. This study aimed to assess the knowledge, perception, and clinical practices of dental professionals located in Sanaa, Yemen, in regard to the management of avulsed teeth. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted using a validated questionnaire with 25 closed-ended items that assessed demographics, generalized knowledge of traumatic dental injuries (TDIs), and clinical management of avulsed teeth. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and chi-square tests to determine whether differences are statistically significant (α = 0.05). Results: A total of 202 individuals completed the shared questionnaire. The majority (87.62%) of the participants recognized that a knocked-out tooth should be reinserted, 40.10% knew about the ideal transport medium for an avulsed tooth, and 63.86% acknowledged the critical time period for successful replantation. Statistically significant differences were noted between the correct and incorrect responses of knowledge items (all p < 0.05), except items related to splinting type and the prognosis of an avulsed tooth. The overall percentage of correct responses to all questions was 69.19%. Conclusion: The knowledge of dentists in relation to the clinical management of dental avulsions was moderate but inadequate, and certain aspects of the proper management protocol for avulsed teeth could still be improved. Thus, improvement is needed regarding the effective handling of avulsed tooth cases.
AB - Background: Tooth avulsion is a severe type of dental trauma requiring immediate response and management. Timely treatment according to International Association of Dental Traumatology (IADT) protocols is important in achieving an optimal outcome. This study aimed to assess the knowledge, perception, and clinical practices of dental professionals located in Sanaa, Yemen, in regard to the management of avulsed teeth. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted using a validated questionnaire with 25 closed-ended items that assessed demographics, generalized knowledge of traumatic dental injuries (TDIs), and clinical management of avulsed teeth. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and chi-square tests to determine whether differences are statistically significant (α = 0.05). Results: A total of 202 individuals completed the shared questionnaire. The majority (87.62%) of the participants recognized that a knocked-out tooth should be reinserted, 40.10% knew about the ideal transport medium for an avulsed tooth, and 63.86% acknowledged the critical time period for successful replantation. Statistically significant differences were noted between the correct and incorrect responses of knowledge items (all p < 0.05), except items related to splinting type and the prognosis of an avulsed tooth. The overall percentage of correct responses to all questions was 69.19%. Conclusion: The knowledge of dentists in relation to the clinical management of dental avulsions was moderate but inadequate, and certain aspects of the proper management protocol for avulsed teeth could still be improved. Thus, improvement is needed regarding the effective handling of avulsed tooth cases.
KW - Avulsion of permanent teeth
KW - Dental professional
KW - Dental trauma
KW - IADT
KW - Knowledge
KW - Trauma management
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105014223126
U2 - 10.1186/s12909-025-07791-7
DO - 10.1186/s12909-025-07791-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 40866936
AN - SCOPUS:105014223126
SN - 1472-6920
VL - 25
JO - BMC Medical Education
JF - BMC Medical Education
IS - 1
M1 - 1206
ER -