Knowledge and attitude of pakistani dentists regarding COVID-19

Objective: The objective of the study was to examine the knowledge, and attitude of Pakistani dentists, regarding novel COVID-19 disease Study Design: Descriptive, Cross sectional study Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the Department of Conservative Dental Sciences and Endodontics, College of Dentistry, Qassim University, Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia and Department of Oral Pathology, Frontier Medical and Dental College Abbottabad from 15th to 31st March, 2020 in Pakistan Materials and Methods: A self-designed e-questionnaire was administered through e-mail to 500 dentists SPSS version 23 was used to analysis data Descriptive statistics were presented as frequency and percentages The association between the dependent and independent variables was determined by utilizing Chi-square test and the level of significance was set at p value 4) towards COVID- 19 The mean attitude score was 4 28±0 61 The results of current study showed a significant correlation of knowledge with both designation (p-value=0 002) and gender (p-value=0 04) Conclusion: Pakistani dentists have exhibited adequate awareness about general symptoms, transmission mode, cross-infection control and dental practice management in perspective of the COVID-19 outbreak However, their understanding to protect dental professionals from this highly contagious disease during specialized dental procedures was unsatisfactory