Table 5.
Specialty distribution of dental specialists who participated in the online course of dental radiation technology for dentist continuing education (DCE) offered by the Taiwan Dental Association (TWDA) and those who completed the quiz after the course in October 2022 and in March 2023.
| Number (proportion) of specialty qualifications | October 2022 |
March 2023 |
Overall |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One specialty | 2 specialties | 3 specialties | Total | One specialty | 2 specialties | 3 specialties | Total | ||
| Oral and maxillofacial surgery | 2 (2.02%) | 2 (2.02%) | 0 | 4 (4.04%) | 2 (2.56%) | 1 (1.28%) | 0 | 3 (3.85%) | 7 (3.95%) |
| Oral pathology | 0 | 2 (2.02%) | 0 | 2 (2.02%) | 0 | 1 (1.28%) | 0 | 1 (1.28%) | 3 (1.69%) |
| Orthodontics | 1 (1.01%) | 4 (4.04%) | 0 | 5 (5.05%) | 2 (2.56%) | 2 (2.56%) | 1 (1.28%) | 5 (6.41%) | 10 (5.65%) |
| Pediatric dentistry | 0 | 2 (2.02%) | 0 | 2 (2.02%) | 1 (1.28%) | 1 (1.28%) | 0 | 2 (2.56%) | 4 (2.26%) |
| Endodontics | 2 (2.02%) | 1 (1.01%) | 0 | 3 (3.03%) | 1 (1.28%) | 1 (1.28%) | 0 | 2 (2.56%) | 5 (2.82%) |
| Prosthodontics | 1 (1.01%) | 2 (2.02%) | 0 | 3 (3.03%) | 1 (1.28%) | 1 (1.28%) | 0 | 2 (2.56%) | 5 (2.82%) |
| Operative dentistry | 0 | 1 (1.01%) | 0 | 1 (1.01%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.56%) |
| Periodontics | 4 (4.04%) | 1 (1.01%) | 1 (1.01%) | 6 (6.06%) | 0 | 1 (1.28%) | 1 (1.28%) | 2 (2.56%) | 8 (4.52%) |
| Family dentistry | 24 (24.24%) | 23 (23.23%) | 1 (1.01%) | 48 (48.48%) | 25 (32.05%) | 16 (20.51%) | 2 (2.56%) | 43 (55.13%) | 91 (51.41%) |
| Special needs dentistry | 8 (8.08%) | 16 (16.16%) | 1 (1.01%) | 25 (25.25%) | 6 (7.69%) | 10 (12.82%) | 2 (2.56%) | 18 (23.08%) | 43 (24.29%) |
| Overall | 42 (42.42%) | 54 (54.55%) | 3 (3.03%) | 99 (100%) | 38 (48.72%) | 34 (43.59%) | 6 (7.69%) | 78 (100%) | 177 (100%) |