Emergency management of avulsion injuries: from home to clinic. A multicentre cross-sectional survey among medical doctors and general public Authors Mafaza Alam Department of Operative Dentistry, Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry, Rawalpindi, Pakistan Varqa Faraid Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Islamabad, Pakistan Laima Alam Department of Gastroenterology, Bahria International Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan Ajmal Yousaf Department of Operative Dentistry, Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry, Rawalpindi, Pakistan Pir Jawad Ali Shah Department of Operative Dentistry, Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry, Rawalpindi, Pakistan Maham Wahid Department of Operative Dentistry, Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry, Rawalpindi, Pakistan DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.3316 Abstract The objective of this multi-centre study was to analyse the knowledge of parents as compared to medical-doctors regarding avulsion-injuries. A validated and piloted questionnaire was circulated among two equal groups (130 participants each) of medical-doctors and the general public. Data was analysed using SPSS version 19. A total of 131 (89%) participants had a university degree and 185 (71%) had a full time employment. One hundred and eighty-seven (72%) participants reported having no previous information regarding avulsion injuries, 195 (75%) considered their level of knowledge inadequate, and 63 (24%) had a previous history of dental trauma. A statistically significant number had information regarding avulsed permanent-teeth replantation (p = 0.02) but not deciduous-teeth (p = 0.26), whereas only 39 (15%) were aware of the right medium for tooth storage. Having seen or sustained an avulsion-injury and a higher qualification were statistically related to correct responses for some questions. A total of 106 (41%) of the participants wanted to be educated through written-material. In conclusion, the first-aid knowledge regarding tooth avulsion injuries in our population, irrespective of their level of academic education, is poor and needs supervised training. Keywords: Dental trauma, dental knowledge, dental management, tooth avulsion. Downloads Full Text Article Published 2022-03-01 How to Cite Alam, M., Faraid, V. ., Alam, L., Yousaf, A., Shah, P. J. A., & Wahid, M. (2022). Emergency management of avulsion injuries: from home to clinic. A multicentre cross-sectional survey among medical doctors and general public. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 72(7), 1422–1425. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.3316 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 72 No. 7 (2022): July Section Research Article