Infection Control Measures in Private Dental Clinics in Lebanon

Table 1

Sociodemographic and professional distribution of the surveyed dentists in private dental clinics in Lebanon (2015). The difference in the total number of respondents for each variable is due to missing data in the filled-out questionnaire forms.

Characteristic		%
Gender
Female	173	41.5
Male	244	58.5
Type of practice
General practitioner	243	58.7
Specialist	171	41.3
Region of practice
Beirut	103	24.9
Beqaa	39	9.4
Mount Lebanon	170	41.2
South Lebanon and Nabatieh	50	12.1
North Lebanon	51	12.3
Years of experience
≤5	83	20.0
6–10	71	17.1
11–15	76	18.3
16–20	82	19.7
>20	104	25.0