Among the most common dental problems in children, we can mention dental injuries that have a significant effect on the child's mental and physical health. Considering the special role of parents in this case, their awareness of emergency measures has a significant effect on the prognosis of this issue. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the knowledge and performance of parents in dealing with children's dental injuries. In this cross-sectional descriptive study, standard questionnaires were distributed among children's parents. This questionnaire included 4 sections: demographic information, social information, emergency oral and dental injuries, and trauma prevention and control. T-test was used to investigate the relationship between average awareness and gender, and with the ANOVA test, the relationship between the average awareness score of parents with each of the variables of age, education, and number of children was investigated. The average score of parents' awareness was calculated as 3.3 out of 13, and there was no significant difference between mothers and fathers. Also, no significant difference was found between the age of parents and the number of their children with their knowledge. A significant direct relationship was observed between the educational status of parents and the score of awareness of dental injuries (p-value < 0.05). 48% of the parents had not obtained any information about dental injuries, and 88% of the parents wanted to learn first aid about oral and dental injuries. Based on the obtained results, parents' information about dental injuries is insufficient. Providing conditions for parents' training in the field of traumatic injuries can lead to timely and correct action at the scene of the accident, improve the prognosis of treatment and, as a result, reduce possible complications and costs.
