en Oral pathology Oral pathology Original article Original article <div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Background and Aim: </strong>Traumatic dental injuries (TDIs) are among the urgent challenges in dental sciences. These types of trauma are a common dental health problem, which may affect hard tissues and tooth-supporting structures. Since dentists&rsquo; knowledge and practice are vital for TDI treatments, this study aimed to assess the levels of knowledge of TDIs among general dentists working in Bandar Abbas, Iran.<br> <strong>Materials and Methods:</strong> This cross-sectional study was conducted on 97 general dentists working in the city of Bandar Abbas, Iran, using a three-part questionnaire comprising items about demographic characteristics, knowledge of TDI causes, and knowledge of TDI treatments. Descriptive and analytical statistical analyses of data were performed according to Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests using SPSS 20 software at the significance level of 0.05.<br> <strong>Results:</strong> Ninety-seven general dentists, including 61 men and 36 women, participated in this study. The findings revealed that 60.9% and 46.4% of these dentists had high levels of knowledge about TDI causes and treatments, respectively. The mean score obtained by the general dentists was 11.86&plusmn;2.87, which was promising. A significant relationship was observed between university affiliation and levels of knowledge (P=0.002).<br> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> According to the results, knowledge about common causes and treatments of TDI was at a favorable level among the general dentists working in Bandar Abbas. There was a significant relationship between university affiliation and levels of knowledge; dentists who graduated from universities located in the city of Tehran, Iran, had higher levels of knowledge than others did.</div> Knowledge, Trauma, Children, Dentoalveolar 8 12 http://jrdms.dentaliau.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-743-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 M zamanzadeh zamanzadehmaryam@gmail.com 10031947532846009793 10031947532846009793 Yes Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran A Rayyani Arezoo.Rayyani@gmail.com 10031947532846009794 10031947532846009794 No Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, QQom University of Medical Sciences,Qom, Iran M Mirzaie dent.am100@gmail.com 10031947532846009795 10031947532846009795 No Dentist E Mahmodnia 10031947532846009796 10031947532846009796 No Dentist