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In order to emerge an awareness about dentists\u2019 role in syphilis management, it was aimed to obtain the data from them about their knowledge.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Methods: This survey-based, cross-sectional study was conducted with 709 dentists practicing in Turkey. Participants answered 16 statements about syphilis \u201cTransmission Routes,\u201d \u201cExtra-oral Clinical Features,\u201d \u201cOral Findings,\u201d and \u201cDiagnosis &amp; Treatment\u201d with options yes\/no\/I do not know. Moreover, they responded to two 5-point Likert type questions about their comfort level and frequency of taking sexual anamnesis. The statistical significance was set at p \u2264 .05.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Results: The mean age (years) and female\/male ratio of the participants were 35.7 \u00b1 10.2 and 449\/260, respectively. The average of the correct answers in the survey was 10.38 \u00b1 3.3. \u201cTransmission Routes\u201d had the highest ratio (50.6%) in terms of all questions in a single category that were answered correctly among groups. Dentists practicing at faculties had the highest number of correct answers ( p = .003). The total number of correct answers and the number of correct answers in each category were positively related to both the level of comfort and the frequency of taking patient\u2019s sexual anamnesis (Oral Findings p = .002; others p \u2264 .001).<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Conclusions: The results of this study indicate that dentists practicing in Turkey lack a significant level of knowledge about syphilis. 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