Assessment of Knowledge and Attitudes of Traumatic Dental Injuries among Saudi Dental Students: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study

Abstract

Introduction. The aim of this multicenter cross-sectional study was to assess the knowledge and attitudes of senior dental students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, regarding the management of traumatic dental injuries. Materials and Methods. A stratified random sample of fourth- and fifth-year dental students in different dental schools was given a two-part questionnaire; the first part included demographic questions, while the second part included case scenario questions related to knowledge and attitudes regarding the emergency management of concussion, crown fractures, luxation injuries, root fracture, and alveolar bone fracture. Data were statistically analysed using chi-square and ordinal logistic regression tests. The significance was set at p<0.05. Results. A total of 359 dental students participated in this study. The proportion of students from all dental schools with correct responses to each set of questions was as follows: alveolar bone fracture (78.4%), root fracture (70.1%), intrusive luxation (57.1%), complicated crown fracture (39.7%), uncomplicated crown fracture (35.5%), extrusive luxation (35%), concussion (31.1%), and lateral luxation (26.8%). The mean overall knowledge score of the participants was 3.421 ± 0.49. No statistically significant difference was found on any of the questions regarding the gender or year of study p>0.05. Conclusion. Based on the findings of this study, dental students’ knowledge of the management of traumatic dental injuries in the Riyadh region of Saudi Arabia ranges from low to moderate. Thus, there is a need to improve the knowledge of management of traumatic dental injuries among dental students.

<p><strong>Tingkat pengetahuan dan pengalaman dokter gigi di Kota Bandung dalam penanganan darurat fraktur <em>dentoalveolar</em></strong></p><p><em><strong>Knowledge and experience level of dentists in the emergency management of dentoalveolar fractures</p></em><strong>

“…21, Fraktur dentoalveolar merupakan situasi klinis yang membutuhkan pengetahuan menyeluruh untuk mendukung diagnosis dan pengobatan yang benar. 22 Berdasarkan pengetahuan penulis, penelitian ini adalah penelitian pertama yang meneliti tentang gambaran pengetahuan dan pengalaman dokter gigi dalam penanganan darurat fraktur dentoalveolar di Kota Bandung. Tingkat pengetahuan dokter gigi di Kota Bandung didapatkan hasil dengan rata-rata nilai 11,4 yang sudah masuk dalam kategori baik terdapat sekitar 225 orang (74%), untuk yang mendapatkan kategori cukup 25% dan kategori kurang 1%, dikatakan baik apabila didapatkan hasil rata-rata 11-15, cukup 6-10, dan kurang 0-5.…”

“…24,25,26,27 Penelitian lainnya banyak yang mengatakan bahwa tingkat pengetahuan dokter gigi dalam penanganan darurat trauma gigi termasuk fraktur dentoalveolar berada pada tingkat yang rendah dan tidak memuaskan. 21,22,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36 Cedera traumatis gigi atau fraktur dentoalveolar merupakan salah satu cedera traumatis yang paling umum selama 30 tahun dengan banyaknya kisaran kejadian dari 3,9% sampai 58,6%. Persentasi kedaruratan dentofacial ke UGD tidak jarang, di UGD sekitar 7,3% dari pasien yang mengalami trauma dilaporkan memiliki cedera pada rongga mulutnya.…”

Knowledge and awareness level of parents regarding the management of traumatized immature permanent incisors for children in Saudi Arabia

“…fractures, root fractures and luxation injuries are popular types of TDIs (Bukhary, 2020). In immature permanent teeth injury, protecting the pulp is extremely valuable as the root development and apex formation could continue growing because of its healing capacity after traumatic pulp exposure (Bourguignon et al, 2020;Levin et al, 2020).…”