Knowledge and attitude of general dentist towards avulsion

Dental avulsion is the complete dislocation of the tooth from its tooth socket, one of the most common dental traumas. Since there is adequate information on the dentist's knowledge towards the Avulsed tooth, we are mainly concentrating in Vepery, Chennai. The main aim of this research to be taken up was to assess the knowledge and attitude of the dentist working in and around Vepery area. A cross sectional questionnaire-based study, which was conducted on a sample of 100 dentists and postgraduates.Out of 100 participants, 55 were male and 45 were female. Figure 1 show the distribution of the sample of the gender and the age considered.All of the results are characterised whichwhile considering the factors that may influence the outcome of replantation (57%), considered all the three factors (extra-alveolar period, storage medium, injury to the periodontal ligament), while other 43% considered only one factor. To conclude the General dentists are very aware and have adequate knowledge towards avulsion. The best treatment for tooth avulsion is re-implantation with excellent long-term retention. Since they have enough knowledge on this subject,there is no need of education programs in this field to improve the quality of life of patients with dental trauma.