Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of learners and US dentists

	Pre-test		Post-test		US Dentists, 2023
Characteristic	n (1,418)	%	n (3,052)	%	%
Gendera
Male	714	51%	1849	61%	61%
Female	609	43%	1203	39%	38%
Other	7	0.5%
Prefer not to answer	80	6%
Ageb
18–24	6	0.4%	1	0.1%
25–34	326	23%	474	16%	17.4 (under 35)
35–44	395	28%	815	27%	26%
45–54	280	20%	685	22%	22%
55–64	215	15%	569	19%	19%
65–74	106	8%	321	11%	16% (65 and older)
75–84	14	1%	51	2%
Over 85	2	0.1%	2	0.1%
Prefer not to answer	45	3%	134	4%
Ethnicityc
Non-Hispanic/Latino/ Spanish origin	1187	85%
Hispanic/Latino/ Spanish origin	79	6%
Prefer not to answer	135	10%
Racec
White	913	65%			67%
Asian	244	17%			20%
Black or African American	19	1%			3%
Other	32	2%
Prefer not to answer	193	14%
Employment
General Dentist	1142	81%	2993	98%	78%
Specialty Training	206	14%			22%
Dental hygienist	14	1%	14	0.5%
Not currently working	13	1%
Other	43	3%	45	1%
Specialty Training
Pediatric Dentistry	56	27%			21%
Periodontics	43	21%			13%
Endodontics	34	16%			13%
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	39	19%			17%
Prosthodontics	14	7%			8%
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics	12	6%			25%
Other	8	4%			4%
Years since dental trainingd
0–5	311	22%	886	3%
6–10	257	18%	377	15%
11–15	181	13%	300	12%
16–20	155	11%	288	11%
21–25	155	11%	246	10%
26–30	99	7%	199	8%
31–35	106	8%	160	6%
36–40	76	5%	77	3%
Over 40 years	71	5%	29	1%

Note

^aOn the pretest, gender was not answered by 8 learners

^bOn the pretest, age was not answered by 29 learners

^cOn the pretest, ethnicity and race were not answered by 17 learners

^dYears since dental training was not answered by seven learners on the pre-test and by 490 learners on the post-test