en Professional Health Professional Health پژوهشي Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:9pt"><span minion="" pro="" style="font-family:"><b>Introduction</b>: The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, emphasizing the ongoing importance of understanding and managing infections. Dentists, facing a direct infection risk, require proper training, making an educational needs assessment essential to address knowledge gaps.</span></span><br> <span style="font-size:9pt"><span minion="" pro="" style="font-family:"><b>Materials & Methods</b>: A comprehensive questionnaire assessing COVID-19 awareness, attitude, and performance among dentists was developed and validated. Administered to 181 participants in Tehran, the data underwent quantitative analysis using nonparametric tests.</span></span><br> <span style="font-size:9pt"><span minion="" pro="" style="font-family:"><b>Results</b>: Participants (98 men, 86 women) from healthcare centers in Tehran, with a mean age of 44 and 15.29 years of service, scored averages of 51.97, 77.01, and 61.92 in awareness, attitude, and performance, respectively. Significantly, the study revealed a relationship between years of service plus age and awareness scores. Gender also played a role, with men exhibiting higher performance mean values.</span></span><br> <span style="font-size:9pt"><span minion="" pro="" style="font-family:"><b>Conclusion</b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">: </span></span></b>The study highlights the imperative for interventions to boost dentists&#39; knowledge. Recommendations include workshops and informational brochures to enhance awareness and performance, particularly in the context of emerging pandemics.</span></span></div> Attitude, Awareness, COVID-19, Dentist, Performance 21 29 http://jbrms.medilam.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-730-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Maryam-Sadat Sadrzadeh-Afshar maryamsadrzade20@gmail.com 10031947532846006932 10031947532846006932 No Oral and maxillofacial medicine department, Faculty of Dentistry, Aja University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Gelareh Forouzani Glareh.forouzani@yahoo.com 10031947532846006933 10031947532846006933 Yes Oral and maxillofacial medicine department, Faculty of Dentistry, Aja University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran