Knowledge and attitude of general dentists regarding common emergencies in dental offices: A cross-sectional study in Shiraz, Iran

Azad, Azita; Talattof, Zahra; Deilami, Zahra; Zahed, Maryam; Karimi, Amir

doi:10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_587_16

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“…According to the data we gathered for our study, the majority of respondents felt comfortable administering intramuscular and intravenous injections (64.5%). This is in accordance with an Iranian study 26 where level of confidence was 72%. This confidence was as low as 16%, 30.9%, 27.9%, 34%, 6.6% for intramuscular and intravenous injections in other studies 9,17,26 compared to the current study.…”

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Evaluation of Awareness and Preparedness for Medical Emergencies among Dental Practitioners in Twin Cities of Punjab: A Cross-sectional Study

Khattak,

Syed Zuhair Mehdi,

Mehmood

et al. 2024

J Pak Dent Assoc

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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the awareness of medical emergencies among dental practitioners, to assess the degree of expertise and readiness of dental professionals to handle medical crises in their dental practices and to ascertain if medical emergency medications are offered in dental offices. METHODOLOGY: A prospective study including 208 practitioners were given access to the survey through Google Form, along with information on the study and a consent form .The questionnaire consisted of demographic details, years of experience, and specialty of practitioners and 20 closed-ended questions with 10 assessing knowledge and rest evaluating the competence and preparedness to handle medical emergencies. An emergency whether medical or dental is a serious, acute, and unexpected event that requires a quick and timely intervention. Since some diseases and their treatments increase the likelihood of a medical emergency during dental treatment. The most often encountered medical emergencies in a dental office are vasovagal syncope, angina pectoris, hypoglycemia, and hypertensive crisis. One of the mainstays of prevention of medical emergencies is by taking a thorough and detailed history, and vital signs monitoring and modifying the treatment plan. RESULTS: A response rate of 96% was achieved by including all 200 of the study’s 450 dental professionals. Just 69% of the participants had emergency kits on hand, even though roughly 77.5% of the dentists in the study felt confident in their ability to handle emergencies in the dental office. CONCLUSION: In this study, dental professionals demonstrated a moderate level of understanding in medical situations, and many of them have low to moderate perceived competency in managing medical emergencies. Every dental clinic should have well-communicated emergency protocols in place that should be updated periodically. KEYWORDS: Medical emergency, Dental Practitioner, Emergency kit, BLS, Dental Clinics

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“…This is in accordance with an Iranian study 26 where level of confidence was 72%. This confidence was as low as 16%, 30.9%, 27.9%, 34%, 6.6% for intramuscular and intravenous injections in other studies 9,17,26 compared to the current study.…”

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confidence: 93%

Evaluation of Awareness and Preparedness for Medical Emergencies among Dental Practitioners in Twin Cities of Punjab: A Cross-sectional Study

Khattak,

Syed Zuhair Mehdi,

Mehmood

et al. 2024

J Pak Dent Assoc

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“…This shows the importance of research in regard to the attitude and practice next to the knowledge about EBD in dental students. [ 24 ]…”

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Attitude of dental students toward evidence-based dentistry in Iran: A systematic review

Asgari

Farahmand

Ahmady

et al. 2023

Dental Research Journal

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Background: Dentistry practice has become more complex and challenging in the recent years. The clinical decision-making process has experienced many problems due to changing socioeconomic patterns, knowledgeable patients, rapid technological advances, and information explosion. The present study reviewed the status of the attitude toward evidence-based dentistry (EBD) among dental students of Iran Universities. The effect of the educational intervention was also assessed. Materials and Methods: This systematic review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic review and Meta-Analysis checklist. Search strategy was developed by Medical Subject Headings terms and keywords surfing electronic available databases including Medline/PubMed and Google Scholar and local databases such as Scientific Information Database (SID) and Magiran. Two reviewers read the abstracts of all eligible papers and excluded the duplicates. They extracted the information of the full-text of the studies included in the review and assessed the quality by Joanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal checklist. Results: Ten studies including 8 cross-sectional and 2 interventional studies met the criteria. The assessment of the attitude of 937 dental students from a different region of the country toward EBD showed moderate to acceptable status using 3 different tools. In regard to educational interventions, 2 studies were successful to improve their attitude. Conclusion: Although the researchers presented good scores on the attitude questionnaires, the quality of the study tools, the eligible criteria for recruiting the participants and the method of evaluating the construct of attitude should be investigated in future studies.

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“…Furthermore, the distribution of CL/P can also be evaluated through geographical epidemiology using geographic information system (GIS). GIS is a practical method that provides an opportunity for generating assumptions and identifying the effects of different factors such as environmental, social, cultural-behavioral, and genetic factors on the spatial pattern of diseases [ 22 , 23 ]. Although there is no study regarding the application of GIS for demonstrating the spatial distribution of CL/P patients in Iran yet, this method has been employed in other countries [ 17 , 24 ].…”

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Epidemiological and Spatiotemporal Descriptive Analysis of Patients with Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip and/or Palate: A 12‐Year Retrospective Study in Southern Iran

Farshidfar

Ajami

Sahmeddini

et al. 2023

BioMed Research International

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Objectives. The current study is aimed at evaluating epidemiological characteristics and spatiotemporal distribution of cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) in the south of Iran. Methods. Data were extracted from the 1840 medical records of patients who were referred to the Cleft Lip and Palate Center of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, from January 1, 2011, to September 1, 2022. The collected variables included demographic data (gender, birth date and season, place, birth order, and weight), cleft types and the subtypes, parental information (health status, education level, marital status, and age during the pregnancy), and other basic parameters. The chi-square test at a significance level of 0.05 was used to analyze collected data. The geographic information system (GIS) analysis was also used for analyzing the spatial distribution of CL/P patients. Results. Based on our inclusion criteria, 1281 nonsyndromic patients were included in this study. The most common type was cleft lip and palate (CLP) with 48.32%, whereas cleft palate (CP) and cleft lip (CL) accounted for 40.75% and 10.93% of the patients, respectively. There was a progressive increase in the frequency of all types of clefts, and most of them were male ( P ≤ 0.001 ). The urban population outnumbered the rural ones in all provinces. Parents were mostly healthy (>80%) with low educational status (47.5%). Most born CL/P patients were from consanguineous marriages (58.9%), especially between first-degree relatives. A majority of CL/P patients (73.1%) were born in the first two gestations with a birth weight of 2500-4000 g (77.4%). Most infants with CL/P (84.3%) were born from mothers who had at least one of the predisposing factors. Conclusion. In this study, the frequency of cleft types and subtypes was similar to the existing literature. However, high rate of consanguineous marriage, especially between first-degree relatives, was the most notable feature of this population.

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Knowledge and attitude of general dentists regarding common emergencies in dental offices: A cross-sectional study in Shiraz, Iran

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Evaluation of Awareness and Preparedness for Medical Emergencies among Dental Practitioners in Twin Cities of Punjab: A Cross-sectional Study

Evaluation of Awareness and Preparedness for Medical Emergencies among Dental Practitioners in Twin Cities of Punjab: A Cross-sectional Study

Attitude of dental students toward evidence-based dentistry in Iran: A systematic review

Epidemiological and Spatiotemporal Descriptive Analysis of Patients with Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip and/or Palate: A 12‐Year Retrospective Study in Southern Iran

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