Table 7.
Numbers of dentists who participated in this course and practicing dentists in October 2022 and in March 2023 and their participation rates (%) by administrative or geographical region.
| Practice registration place | October 2022 |
March 2023 |
Overall |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of participating dentists | Number of practicing dentists | Participation rate (%) | Number of participating dentists | Number of practicing dentists | Participation rate (%) | Number of participating dentists | Number of practicing dentistsa | Participation rate (%) | |
| Municipality | |||||||||
| Municipalities (n = 6) | 46 | 13,025 | 0.35 | 57 | 13,076 | 0.44 | 103 | 13,050.5 | 0.79 |
| Non-municipalities (n = 15) | 86 | 3097 | 2.78 | 60 | 3119 | 1.92 | 146 | 3108 | 4.70 |
| City/county | |||||||||
| Cities (n = 9) | 76 | 13,855 | 0.55 | 85 | 13,921 | 0.61 | 161 | 13,888 | 1.16 |
| Counties (n = 12) | 56 | 2267 | 2.47 | 32 | 2274 | 1.41 | 88 | 2270.5 | 3.88 |
| Region | |||||||||
| Northern region (n = 6) | 49 | 8636 | 0.57 | 27 | 8676 | 0.31 | 76 | 8656 | 0.88 |
| Central region (n = 5) | 19 | 3244 | 0.59 | 45 | 3271 | 1.38 | 64 | 3257.5 | 1.96 |
| Southern region (n = 5) | 42 | 3766 | 1.12 | 31 | 3771 | 0.82 | 73 | 3768.5 | 1.94 |
| Eastern region (n = 3) | 21 | 421 | 4.99 | 13 | 421 | 3.09 | 34 | 421 | 8.08 |
| Outlying islands (n = 2) | 1 | 55 | 1.82 | 1 | 56 | 1.79 | 2 | 55.5 | 3.60 |
| Overall | 132 | 16,122 | 0.82 | 117 | 16,195 | 0.72 | 249 | 16,158.5 | 1.54 |
a
This number referred to the average number of practicing dentists in October 2022 and in March 2023.