Table 1.

PRACTICE CHARACTERISTICS OF 2006 STUDY SAMPLE OF US PEDIATRIC DENTISTS (n=1,292)

Practice characteristics
Practice location	(%)
Suburban (population >2,500, but <300,000)	69
Urban (>300,000)	30
Rural (<2,500)	1
Practice type (%)
Group	55
Solo	35
Other	10
Practice days per week (mean±SD)	3.7±1.0
Patients seen during a typical day (mean±SD)	31.9±12.7
No. of adolescents seen during a typical day (mean±SD)	9.3±5.8
Office tobacco policy
No tobacco use by patients and parents	99
No tobacco use by staff	99
Responsible for asking about tobacco use (response options not mutually exclusive)
Do not ask	54
Do ask (n=595)	46
Pediatric dentist	77
Dental hygienist	52
Dental assistant	36
Health history form	21
No one person	8
Receptionist	1