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Dentists’ knowledge of the guidelines of traumatic dental injuries in the United Arab Emirates

Authors:

  • M. Alyasi
    Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Ministry of Health and Prevention, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • M. Al Halabi
    Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Hamdan Bin Mohammed College of Dental Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • I. Hussein
    Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Hamdan Bin Mohammed College of Dental Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • A. H. Khamis
    Biostatistics & Genetic Epidemiology, Hamdan Bin Mohammed College of Dental Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • M. Kowash
    Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Hamdan Bin Mohammed College of Dental Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23804/ejpd.2018.19.04.4

ABSTRACT


Aim

This study aimed to assess general dental practitioners’ (GDPs) knowledge within the United Arab Emirates (UAE) regarding the management of traumatic dental injuries (TDIs), and to compare their level of knowledge with that of paediatric dentists (PDs).

Methods

Dentists were asked to complete a two-part questionnaire (seven questions covering demographic data and 13 questions about trauma cases scenarios) in electronic and paper format. A total of 296 returned questionnaires were analysed to identify GDPs’ knowledge in managing TDIs, and to compare the score of GDPs’ knowledge with that of PDs’.

Results

Out of a total score of 13, the mean knowledge score (MKnS) for GDPs was 4.87±1.82 (only 37.5% of the 13 questions were answered correctly) while the MKnS of paediatric dentists was 5.56±1.47 (with 42.8% correct answers); both scores indicated poor knowledge and the difference was statistically significant (p=0.005).

Conclusion

There was poor knowledge of TDIs among the surveyed UAE GDPs as well as the PDs, although PDs scored higher, indicating the need for further training.

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Publication date:

December /2018

Issue:

Vol.19 – n.4/2018

Page:

271 – 276

Publisher:

Ariesdue

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Harvard: M. Alyasi, M. Al Halabi, I. Hussein, A. H. Khamis, M. Kowash (2018) "Dentists’ knowledge of the guidelines of traumatic dental injuries in the United Arab Emirates", European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 19(4), pp271-276. doi: 10.23804/ejpd.2018.19.04.4
Vancouver: M. Alyasi, M. Al Halabi, I. Hussein, A. H. Khamis, M. Kowash. Dentists’ knowledge of the guidelines of traumatic dental injuries in the United Arab Emirates. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry [Internet]. 2018Dec.1 [cited 2025Jun.19];19(4):271-276. Available from: https://www.ejpd.eu/abstract-pubmed/dentists-knowledge-of-the-guidelines-of-traumatic-dental-injuries-in-the-united-arab-emirates/
MLA: M. Alyasi, M. Al Halabi, I. Hussein, A. H. Khamis, M. Kowash Dentists’ knowledge of the guidelines of traumatic dental injuries in the United Arab Emirates. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry. 2018;19(4):271-276

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