Research Article
Assessment of Paediatricians’ Oral Health Knowledge, Behaviour, and Attitude in the United Arab Emirates
Table 1
Demographic characteristics, educational level, and occupation of paediatricians.
| Gender | No. (%) |
| Males | 102 (55.1) | Females | 83 (44.9) | Professional title | | Consultant | 57 (30.8) | Specialist | 103 (55.7) | Resident | 25 (13.5) | Years of experience | | 2–5 | 37 (20) | 6–10 | 46 (24.9) | 11–15 | 41 (22.2) | 16–20 | 30 (16.1) | ≥21 | 31 (16.8) | Practice setting | | Government practice | 126 (68.1) | Private practice | 47 (25.4) | Others | 12 (6.5) | Emirate | | Abu Dhabi | 57 (30.8) | Dubai | 77 (41.6) | Sharjah | 20 (10.9) | Ajman | 9 (4.9) | Ras Al-Khaimah | 11 (5.9) | Fujairah | 11 (5.9) | Um Al Quwain | 0 | Country of specialty training | | UAE | 51 (28) | USA | 8 (4.4) | UK | 28 (15.4) | Sudan | 11 (6.0) | India | 21 (11.5) | Jordan | 11 (6.0) | KSA | 4 (2.2) | Iraq | 4 (2.2) | Ireland | 3 (1.6) | Germany | 6 (3.3) | Egypt | 22 (12.1) | Canada | 2 (1.1) | Pakistan | 5 (2.7) | South Africa | 2 (1.1) | Kuwait | 1 (0.5) | Syria | 2 (1.1) | Yemen | 1 (0.5) |
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