Knowledge and Confidence of a Convenience Sample of Australasian Emergency Doctors in Managing Dental Emergencies: Results of a Survey

Table 4

Predictors of knowledge and confidence in dental emergencies.

	Knowledge			Confidence
		Beta	95% CI		Beta	95% CI
(Constant)	<0.001	3.223	1.713–4.733	<0.001	−3.990	−5.550–2.431
ED type (adult/other)	0.609	0.153	−0.433–0.738	0.310	0.299	−0.280–0.878
Received formal education in dental emergencies	0.023	0.592	−0.082–1.102	<0.001	1.827	1.320–2.333
Participated in conference or workshop specifically about dental emergencies	0.002	0.926	0.337–1.516	<0.001	1.064	0.486–1.643
Number of dental patients seen annually	0.512	−0.001	−0.004–0.002	0.026	0.003	0.000–0.006
Fellow (no/yes)	<0.001	1.438	0.927–1.949	<0.001	1.114	0.590–1.638
No access^*	0.417	0.357	−0.508–1.222	0.830	−0.092	−0.932–0.749
Dentist on site 24/7^*	0.945	0.117	−3.223–3.457	0.342	1.314	−1.405–4.033
Dentist on site (limited)^*	0.209	0.382	−0.214–0.978	0.100	0.497	−0.096–1.089
Dentist on call^*	0.841	−0.058	−0.631–0.514	0.004	0.824	0.261–1.386
Refer to dental hospital^*	0.274	0.308	−0.245–0.862	0.787	0.076	−0.477–0.629
Refer to private dentist^*	0.228	0.328	−0.206–0.863	0.843	0.054	−0.479–0.586
Total knowledge score	N/A	N/A	N/A	<0.001	0.421	0.315–0.527

Option when asked “What access does your ED have to specialist dental services?”