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. 2023 Aug 9;23:545. doi: 10.1186/s12903-023-03258-7

Table 4.

Information on participants’ training and knowledge in the management of patients on biologics or immunosuppressants

All practitioners
N = 115 (%)
Specialized dentist activityd
N = 54 (%)
General dentist activity
N = 61 (%)
P-value All practitioners
N = 115 (%)
Specialized dentist activityd
N = 54 (%)
General dentist activity
N = 61 (%)
P-value
In patient under biologics In patients under immunosuppressants
Training/knowledge about oral care
 No 48 (41.74) 17 (31.48) 31 (50.82) 47 (40.87) 17 (31.48) 30 (49.18)
 Yes 67 (58.26) 37 (68.52) 30 (49.18) 0.03 68 (59.13) 37 (68.52) 31 (50.82) 0.05
Source of training/informationa
 Scientific societies 40 (59.70) 25 (67.57) 15 (50.00) 0.14 44 (64.71) 25 (67.57) 19 (61.29) 0.59
 Journal articles 48 (71.64) 28 (75.68) 20 (66.67) 0.41 49 (72.06) 28 (75.68) 21 (67.74) 0.46
 Congresses 26 (38.81) 20 (54.05) 6 (20.00) 0.004 25 (36.76) 18 (48.65) 7 (22.58) 0.02
 Pharmaceutical laboratories 1 (1.49) 1 (2.70) 0 (0.00) 0.36 2 (2.94) 2 (5.40) 0 (0.00) 0.18
 Undergraduate and post-graduate training and others 12 (17.91) 5 (13.51) 7 (23.33) 0.29 14 (20.58) 9 (24.32) 5 (16.12) 0.37
Feeling of not being sufficiently trained or informeda
 No 42 (62.69) 22 (59.46) 20 (66.67) 37 (54.42) 19 (51.35) 18 (58.06)
 Yes 25 (37.31) 15 (40.54) 10 (33.33) 0.54 31 (45.59) 18 (48.65) 13 (41.94) 0.58
Wish to have training about oral careb
 No 1 (2.08) 0 (0.00) 1 (3.23) 1 (2.13) 0 (0.00) 1 (3.33)
 Yes 47 (97.92) 17 (100.00) 30 (96.77) 0.45 46 (97.87) 17 (100.00) 29 (96.67) 0.44
Knowledge of the professional recommendations on oral carea
 No 59 (51.30) 21 (38.89) 38 (62.30) 57 (49.57) 22 (40.74) 35 (57.38)
 Yes 56 (48.7) 33 (61.11) 23 (37.70) 0.01 58 (50.43) 32 (59.26) 26 (42.62) 0.07
Knowledge of the professional recommendations fromc
Club Rhumatisms & Inflammation (CRI)
  No 41 (73.21) 19 (57.58) 22 (95.65) 46 (79.31) 20 (62.50) 26 (100.00)
  Yes 15 (26.79) 14 (42.42) 1 (4.35) 0.002 12 (20.69) 12 (37.50) 0 (0.00) < 0.001
National Drug Regulatory Authority (ANSM)
  No 38 (67.86) 23 (69.70) 15 (65.22) 35 (60.34) 22 (68.75) 13 (50.00)
  Yes 18 (32.14) 10 (30.30) 8 (34.78) 0.72 23 (39.66) 10 (31.25) 13 (50.00) 0.14
French Society of Oral Surgery (SFCO)
  No 10 (17.86) 6 (18.18) 4 (17.39) 12 (20.69) 6 (18.75) 6 (23.08)
  Yes 46 (82.14) 27 (81.82) 19 (82.61) 0.93 46 (79.31) 26 (81.25) 20 (76.92) 0.68
Implementation of recommendations in the personal practicec
 No 1 (1.79) 0 (0.00) 1 (4.35) 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00)
 Yes 55 (98.21) 33 (100.00) 22 (95.65) 0.22 58 (100.00) 32 (100.00) 26 (100.00) --

aOnly practitioners who responded ‘yes’ to the question about training/information

bOnly practitioners who responded ‘no’ to the question about training/information

cOnly practitioners who responded ‘yes’ to the question about knowledge of the professional recommendations

dSpecialized dentist activity: oral surgery, periodontology, endodontics, pediatric dentistry