ArticleEuropean journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society2022
Knowledge and skills of emergency physicians in managing traumatic dental injuries.
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- Training of non-dental healthcare professionals in the management of dental trauma: a systematic review.BMC oral health · 2025Pooled it
- Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Emergency Department Healthcare Professionals Towards Traumatic Dental Injuries Across Public Hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Dentistry journal · 2026Article
- Training sports dentists: a role in elite sport and society.British dental journal · 2026Article
- Evaluation of the knowledge of general dentists, pediatric dentists, and orthodontists in Turkey regarding the diagnosis and orthodontic management timing of traumatized teeth.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of dental residents in managing traumatic dental injuries.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Standardized clinical examination of maxillofacial injury: fracture diagnostic accuracy across experience levels.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2025Observational
- Chinese dental students' knowledge, attitudes, and practice regarding traumatic dental injuries in immature permanent teeth.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Assessment of knowledge on traumatized immature permanent teeth among dentists in China: a cross-sectional study.BMC oral health · 2025Article
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- Adverse Events Related to Direct-To-Consumer Sequential Aligners-A Study of the MAUDE Database.Dentistry journal · 2023Article
- Evaluation of Knowledge and Practice of Resident Dentists in Iasi, Romania in the Management of Traumatic Dental Injuries: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Knowledge of Emergency Physicians about the Management of Traumatic Dental Injuries: A Cross-sectional Study in Northern Iran.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeEmergency departments are frequently confronted with traumatic dental injuries (TDIs). The prognosis of the injured tooth is related to early dental trauma management. For this reason, physicians must be familiar with the appropriate management of TDI. This study aimed to investigate the knowledge and skills of German emergency physicians regarding TDI.
methodsAn electronic questionnaire was sent to 438 emergency departments throughout Germany. Four hundred and twenty seven questionnaires were evaluated and included in the analysis. The survey contained questions about physician characteristics and assessed their knowledge and skills of managing dental trauma. For statistical analysis, the Kruskal-Wallis, Mann-Whitney U test or ANOVA test was used as appropriate. Rank correlations were performed with the Spearman's rank correlation.
resultsOut of 427 participants, 256 (59.95%) stated they had no or insufficient knowledge, and 266 (71.12%) stated they had no skills in dental trauma management. Almost 76% of the participants had no previous knowledge of dentistry. Only 7.28% knew the right procedure for replanting an avulsed tooth. Just 26.06% would choose the right medium for temporary tooth storage. Having a dentist in the family (p = 0.0074) or clinical exposure to patients with dental trauma (p = 0.0384) influenced the results of the knowledge score.
conclusionThe knowledge and skills in dental trauma management among German emergency physicians are generally inadequate. Targeted training courses are necessary to ensure early and adequate TDI treatment to reduce the resulting medical and societal costs as much as possible.
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