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.
| Categorical | Variables | Dental clinicians | Total (%) | | Junior | Senior |
| Grade obtained | A (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%) | | Gender | Female | 66 (78.6%) | 60 (57.1%) | 126 (66.7%) | 0.002 | | Male | 18 (21.4%) | 45 (42.9%) | 63 (33.3%) | | Institution | Public | 29 (34.5%) | 44 (41.9%) | 73 (38.6%) | 0.300 | | Private | 55 (65.5%) | 61 (58.1%) | 116 (61.4%) | | Qualification | General practitioner | 47 (55.9%) | 22 (21%) | 69 (36.5%) | ≤0.001 | | Specialist | 32 (38.1%) | 59 (56.2%) | 91 (48.1%) | | | Master’s degree | 5 (6%) | 16 (15.2%) | 21 (11.1%) | | | PhD | 0 (0) | 8 (7.6%) | 8 (4.2%) | | | | 84 (44.4%) | 105 (55.6%) | 189 (100%) | |
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Note. values lower than 0.05 indicate statistically significant results. |