Traumatismo dentário: qual o conhecimento do cirurgião dentista?

The aims of this study were to evaluate the knowledge of dentists on the diagnosis and treatment of clinical situations of dental trauma and the impact of an orientation activity in the form of a lecture on the training process of professionals. The assessment instrument was a questionnaire that contained professional information and different clinical cases of dental trauma for dentists to answer. Data were collected in two stages, before and after the lecture. For statistical analysis, the G test was used, with a 5% significance level. Most professionals were general practitioners (71.4%), and most of them had experience with dental trauma (75.5%). However, when the statistical analysis was carried out, only the conduct before a tooth with pulp exposure > 2mm with incomplete rhizogenesis and management after immediate re-implantation of avulsed tooth with complete rhizogenesis, demonstrated positive results with statistically significant differences. In view of this, we concluded that the professionals had satisfactory knowledge, with reservations for more complex cases.However, orientation activity did not contribute to the improvement in clinical decisions.