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

Table 5

Frequency of dentists according to demographic data and association with knowledge score.

Variable		Mean knowledge score	EXP (B)	95% confidence interval		Sig.
				Lower	Upper
Age (in years):
20-30	84	6.04	2.899	0.689	12.193	0.147
31-40	100	5.63	1.765	0.471	6.610	0.399
41-50	44	6.32	3.399	0.934	12.370	0.063
>50	11	5.27	1	Referent		—
Gender:
Male	132	5.78	0.579	0.352	0.955	0.032
Female	107	6.01	1	Referent		—
Nationality:
Saudi	54	5.56	0.615	0.299	6.039	0.187
Non-Saudi	185	5.98	1	Referent		—
Type of practice:
Specialist	67	6.69	3.156	1.759	5.660	<0.001
GDP	172	5.57	1	Referent		—
Practice sector:
Public	72	5.67	0.746	0.423	1.316	0.312
Private	167	5.98	1	Referent		—
Years of experience:
<5	56	6.29	1.944	0.555	6.809	0.299
6-10	80	5.67	1.044	0.350	3.108	0.939
11-20	82	5.84	1.074	0.387	2.983	0.891
>21	21	5.76	1	Referent		—
Training about TDI emergency treatment:
Yes	152	5.95	0.937	0.569	1.542	0.797
No	87	5.77	1	Referent		—
Encountered cases of TDIs:
Yes	175	6.12	2.668	1.544	4.611	<0.001
No	64	5.23	1	Referent		—

Statistically significant. GDPs: general dental practitioners; TDIs: traumatic dental injuries.