The Impact of Subject Age, Gender, and Arch Length on Attitudes of Syrian Dentists towards Shortened Dental Arches

Table 1

Shortened dental arch scenarios used in this study.

SDA scenario	Length of the SDA	Label
Scenario 1	SDA with missing second molar teeth (upper and lower)	6 to 6
Subscenarios	Male SDA subject aged 35 years
	Female SDA subject aged 35 years
	Male SDA subject aged 50 years
	Female SDA subject aged 50 years
	Male SDA subject aged 70 years
	Female SDA subject aged 70 years
Scenario 2	SDA with missing molar teeth (upper and lower)	5 to 5
Subscenarios	Male SDA subject aged 35 years
	Female SDA subject aged 35 years
	Male SDA subject aged 50 years
	Female SDA subject aged 50 years
	Male SDA subject aged 70 years
	Female SDA subject aged 70 years
Scenario 3	SDA with missing molars and second premolars (upper and lower)	4 to 4
Subscenarios	Male SDA subject aged 35 years
	Female SDA subject aged 35 years
	Male SDA subject aged 50 years
	Female SDA subject aged 50 years
	Male SDA subject aged 70 years
	Female SDA subject aged 70 years
Scenario 4	SDA with missing molars and premolars (upper and lower)	3 to 3
Subscenarios	Male SDA subject aged 35 years
	Female SDA subject aged 35 years
	Male SDA subject aged 50 years
	Female SDA subject aged 50 years
	Male SDA subject aged 70 years
	Female SDA subject aged 70 years

SDA: shortened dental arch.
6: first molar; 5: second premolar.
4: first premolar; 3: canine.