Dental Sealants: Knowledge, Value, Opinion, and Practice among Dental Professionals of Bathinda City, India

Table 2

Association of mean knowledge, value, opinion, and practice score with independent variables.

Variables	Knowledge		Value		Opinion		Practice
	Mean ± SD	𝑃 value	Mean ± SD	𝑃 value	Mean ± SD	𝑃 value	Mean ± SD	𝑃 value
Sex
Male	41.6 ± 3.7	0.47	17.4 ± 2.2	0.88	18.3 ± 2.3	0.07	12.9 ± 2.2	0.76
Female	41.1 ± 3.6		18.3 ± 1.9		18.1 ± 1.9		12.9 ± 2.5
Age (in years)
25–34	40.9 ± 3.7	0.06	17.6 ± 2.1	0.96	18.1 ± 2.1	0.11	12.8 ± 2.5	0.42
35–44	42.3 ± 3.5		17.7 ± 2.0		18.7 ± 2.0		13.3 ± 1.9
≥45	42.4 ± 3.8		17.7 ± 2.3		19.1 ± 2.9		13.3 ± 2.0
Qualification
MDS	44.5 ± 2.9	0.00*	18.2 ± 1.9	0.07	20.2 ± 1.8	0.08	13.7 ± 0.4	0.01*
BDS	39.7 ± 2.9		17.7 ± 2.0		19.3 ± 1.6		12.5 ± 2.7
Work experience (in years)
<5	42.3 ± 4.2^a	0.04*	17.7 ± 2.0	0.82	18.9 ± 2.0	0.78	12.8 ± 2.5	0.37
5–10	42.1 ± 3.3		17.8 ± 2.2		18.4 ± 1.9		12.9 ± 2.5
>10	40.7 ± 3.5^a		17.5 ± 2.1		17.8 ± 2.6		13.4 ± 1.7
Total	41.8 ± 3.7		18.7 ± 2.8		18.1 ± 1.4		12.9 ± 2.3

Statistical tests applied: 𝑡 test, one way ANOVA.
*indicates statistically significant difference at 𝑃≤0.05.
Post hoc Bonferroni test: Groups with same letter (a) suprascripted showed statistically significant difference.