Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the knowledge and the attitude of dental students toward management of dental
trauma cases and to assess the effect of dental education on that, in several dental colleges in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Materials and
Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted on 364 participants. Results: The response rate was 80.8%. The association between
the attendance of the educational programs and the responses of knowledge questions shows statistically significant association for
the treatment of tooth intrusion and extrusion. No statistically significant association was found between the respondents attending
educational programs and the responses of the management questions which was assessed with two clinical scenarios. Moreover,
no statistically significant association was observed between participants’ gender, academic year, university and responses of
knowledge and management questions. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that the overall knowledge on the management of
traumatic injuries was moderate with inadequacy in some specific aspects of dental traumatology among dental students and
interns in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Keywords: Attitude, knowledge, dental trauma, Saudi Arabia