Volume 27, Issue 131, January 2023

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

Khames T Alzahrani^1♦, Layla Alsaegh², Souhaila Memish³, Safiah Alsharif³, Ebtehal Alqarni⁴, Munirah Alim⁵, Rana A Alamoudi⁶

¹BDS, PGD in Endo, Saudi Board of Endodontic SR, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
²BDS, Ministry of Health, Najran, Saudi Arabia
³Dental Intern, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
⁴General Dentist, Riyadh First Health Cluster, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
⁵General Dentist, Private Clinic, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
⁶Assistant Professor and Consultant Pediatric Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Board Program director in Pediatric Dentistry at Jed Med center, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Khames T. Alzahrani BDS, PGD Endo from Stanford University, Saudi Board of Endodontic SR, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Background: Young children commonly suffer from traumatic dental injuries (TDIs), crown fractures; root fractures and luxation injuries are popular types of TDIs. In immature permanent teeth injury, protecting the pulp is extremely valuable as it could keep the root development and apex formation growing. This research objective to assess the knowledge and awareness level among parents' management towards traumatized immature permanent incisors for children in KSA. Methodology: This was an observational study carried out in KSA. Based on a self-administrated questionnaire among Saudi populations was used as a study tool. The authors will collect the information using social media channels through Google forms. The sample dimensions were estimated that a minimum sample size of 384 using the Qualtrics calculator with a confidence level of 95%. Results: The survey involved 790 responders, with 75.6% being female and 24.4% being male. 35.8% of participants were between the ages of 31 and 40. Following dental trauma, 81% of participants would visit a dental clinic, 9.6% would visit a hospital emergency department and 2.2% would visit a primary care physician. 42.9% of study participants had a low level of awareness of emergent dental-trauma management, 46.7% had a moderate level of knowledge and 10.4% had a high level of awareness. Conclusion: According to the current research, the general Saudi-public has a low degree of knowledge and awareness of the emergent management of dental trauma. A significant association between knowledge score and educational level, residence region and occupation were found.

Keywords: Dental trauma, fractures, management, immature permanent teeth

Medical Science, 2023, 27, e5ms2701

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v27i131/e5ms2701

Published: 01 January 2023