Knowledge of General Dental Practitioners and Specialists about Emergency Management of Traumatic Dental Injuries in Qassim, Saudi Arabia

Table 3

Frequency distribution (%) of dentists’ answers about emergency management of crown fracture.

Situation	(A) Immature permanent upper tooth, pinpoint exposure within 3 hours of trauma		(B) Immature permanent upper tooth, large exposure more than 24 hours after trauma		(C) Mature permanent upper tooth, large exposure more than 24 hours after trauma
Answer	Specialists	GDPs	Specialists	GDPs	Specialists	GDPs
Only follow-up	6 (9)	6 (3.5)	0 (0)	2 (1.2)	2 (3)	3 (1.7)
Pulp capping	42 (62.7)	87 (50.6)	3 (4.5)	11 (6.4)	3 (4.5)	4 (2.3)
Partial pulpotomy	12 (17.9)	41 (23.8)	20 (29.9)	45 (26.2)	2 (3)	12 (7)
Cervical pulpotomy	3 (4.5)	14 (8.1)	15 (22.4)	39 (22.7)	6 (9)	16 (9.3)
Pulpectomy	2 (3)	21 (12.2)	28 (41.8)	69 (40.1)	53 (79.1)	130 (75.6)
Do not know	2 (3)	3 (1.7)	1 (1.5)	6 (3.5)	1 (1.5)	7 (4.1)

Correct answer in situations A, B, and C.