Dentists’ Awareness of Physical Therapy in the Treatment of Temporomandibular Disorders: A Preliminary Study

Table 1

Participants’ demographics and characteristics.

Variable	Value
Age, years (mean, standard deviation, and range)	51 ± 13 (26–78)
Gender, male/female (total number, percentage)	172 (67%)/84 (33%)
Highest level of education (total number, percentage)
Professional doctorate	243 (97.5%)
Academic master	5 (2%)
PhD	1 (0.4%)
Areas of practice (total number, percentage)
General dentist	178 (73%)
Orthodontists	20 (8%)
Endodontist	9 (4%)
Prosthodontics	5 (2%)
Periodontist	7 (3%)
Oral surgeon	7 (3%)
Other	18 (7%)
Years of practice (total number, percentage)
0–5	36 (15%)
6–10	26 (11%)
11–15	21 (9%)
16–20	20 (8%)
21–25	32 (13%)
26–30	32 (13%)
31–35	37 (15%)
36–40	23 (9%)
41–45	13 (5%)
46–50	5 (2%)
51–55	1 (0.4%)
>56	1 (0.4%)
Continuum educational course in TMD
Yes	150 (61%)
No	95 (39%)