Research Article Assessment of Paediatricians’ Oral Health Knowledge, Behaviour, and Attitude in the United Arab Emirates Noora Aburahima, 1 Iyad Hussein, 2 Mawlood Kowash, 2 Anas Alsalami, 2 and Manal Al Halabi 2 1 Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE 2 Pediatric Dentistry Department, Hamdan Bin Mohammed College of Dental Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, P.O. Box 505055, Dubai, UAE Correspondence should be addressed to Manal Al Halabi; manal.halabi@gmail.com Received 16 February 2020; Revised 2 September 2020; Accepted 13 September 2020; Published 22 September 2020 Academic Editor: Alessandro Leite Cavalcanti Copyright © 2020 Noora Aburahima et al. is is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Aim. Paediatricians’ oral health knowledge is essential for early detection of disease, appropriate advice, and proper referral. erefore, this study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, behaviour, and attitude of paediatricians practicing in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) regarding children’s oral health. Study Design. Cross-sectional survey. Methods. A questionnaire consisting of 16 questions was completed after piloting by a sample of randomly selected registered UAE paediatricians. Scores of knowledge (out of 9), behaviour (out of 4), and attitude (out of 3) were calculated. Statistical analysis was performed using Shapiro–Wilk, Mann–Whitney U, and Kruskal–Wallis tests. Statistical significance was set as P < 0.05. Results. A total of 185 surveys were completed. Nearly half of the paediatricians (95 (51.4%)) identified the appropriate age for child’s first dental visit; while 88 (47.6%) believed that the appropriate age to start brushing was after the eruption of the primary molars (2-3yrs), and 132 (71.4%) believed that the ideal time to give sugary snacks is in between meals. 123 (66.5%) participants said that they would prescribe antibiotics to treat local dental sepsis without fever. Experienced paediatricians and those trained in Western countries had significantly better knowledge about oral health (P values 0.040 and 0.031 consecutively). e scores of attitude, behaviour, and knowledge were correlated, and a positive relationship between the scores of knowledge and behaviour was found (r � 0.241, P � 0.001) and between scores of attitude and behaviour (r � 0.197, P � 0.007). Conclusions. e results demonstrated a general lack of knowledge of oral health aspects by UAE paediatricians. Furthermore, continuous education in the subject is recommended. 1. Introduction e World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” [1]. Oral health cannot be detached from general health, and it is considered fundamental to the quality of life [2]. Dental caries is the most prevalent chronic childhood disease, which adversely affects the oral health of infants and children [3]. A decline in caries prevalence in the permanent dentition had been reported, while the prevalence of decay in the primary dentition continues to increase [4]. Carious lesions, if abandoned, can lead to disturbances in growth and devel- opment, pain, and serious infections [5]. Early childhood caries (ECC) is a chronic, infectious disease affecting the primary teeth [6]. It is defined as the occurrence of one or more decayed, filled, or missing tooth surfaces in any primary tooth in a child, 6 years of age or younger [7]. Globally, WHO reports caries prevalence in school-age children at 60–90% and as virtually universal among adults in most countries [8]. In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in 5 years old children, the prevalence was reported to be 82%–94% in the EmirateofAbuDhabi[9],83%intheEmiratesofAjmanand Hindawi International Journal of Dentistry Volume 2020, Article ID 7930564, 8 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/7930564