Research Article

Oral Cancer Knowledge Assessment: Newly Graduated versus Senior Dental Clinicians

Table 1

Distribution of the number and percentages of responses regarding dentists’ general characteristics according to responders’ seniority.

CategoricalVariablesDental cliniciansTotal (%)
JuniorSenior

Grade obtainedA (excellent)16 (19%)7 (6.7%)23 (12.2%)0.025
B (good)39 (46.4%)44 (41.9%)83 (43.9%)
C (regular)20 (23.8%)40 (38.1%)60 (31.7%)
D (poor)9 (10.7%)14 (13.3%)23 (12.2%)
GenderFemale66 (78.6%)60 (57.1%)126 (66.7%)0.002
Male18 (21.4%)45 (42.9%)63 (33.3%)
InstitutionPublic29 (34.5%)44 (41.9%)73 (38.6%)0.300
Private55 (65.5%)61 (58.1%)116 (61.4%)
QualificationGeneral practitioner47 (55.9%)22 (21%)69 (36.5%)≤0.001
Specialist32 (38.1%)59 (56.2%)91 (48.1%)
Master’s degree5 (6%)16 (15.2%)21 (11.1%)
PhD0 (0)8 (7.6%)8 (4.2%)
84 (44.4%)105 (55.6%)189 (100%)

Note. values lower than 0.05 indicate statistically significant results.