Preparedness of Specialist Dentists about Medical Emergencies in Dental Office-Iran

Aims: To assess preparedness toward medical emergencies among specialist dentists in Iran Setting and design: This study was a cross sectional survey of specialist dentists of Mashhad in Iran, which took place in 2009-2010 Methods and materials: The data was collected via self administered questionnaires prepared in Persian .the questionnaires were distributed among 48 office owner specialist dentists in Mashhad. Statistical analysis used: Descriptive statistics and analysis of variance were carried out, and a value of p, 0.05 was considered to be significant. Results: In our study, preparedness of 68.8% of specialists dentists was good.34% of participants, says that did not ability to perform CPR.22.7% for oxygen administration and 34% for remove of airway obstruction was not ready. The most commonly drug in emergency kits were oxygen (62.5%) and Adrenalin (56.3%).93.8% of these specialist dentists had a nursing that not training about medical emergencies. Conclusion: It was found that preparedness of specialist dentists was not favorable. Thus more focused should be placed on improvement of medical emergencies management