A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY ABOUT AWARENESS OF MANAGEMENT OF TOOTH AVULSION AMONG DENTAL PRACTITIONERS IN PAKISTAN

Aims and objectives: The main objective of the study is to analyze the awareness about management of tooth avulsion among general dental practitioners in Pakistan. Material and methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in Islamic International dental hospital Riphah University Islamabad during 2018 to 2019. The data was collected from 100 participants. All dentists were invited to participate in this study. Data was collected through a self-administrated questionnaire. The variables in the questionnaire comprised of socio-demographic information (gender, age and nationality), professional characteristics (years of experience, level of specialization and working place and overseas fellowship), and information regarding the awareness about the management of avulsed tooth. Results: The data was collected from 100 participants. All participants were well aware of the management of an avulsed tooth. Total of 100 dental practitioners had answered the questionnaires, 39% were females, and 61% were males. The mean age of the study participants was between 25–60 years, the general dentists 75% and specialists 25%. There was a significant difference between the genders regarding the critical, required time for avulsed tooth replantation (44.3%) were aware of the critical time while many of female (71.8%) were not knowing about the time for avulsed tooth replantation. Conclusion: It is concluded that a significant result was observed regarding the best storage medium, a critical time for avulsed tooth replantation and tooth management before replantation