Table 1.
Characteristics of 143 dental practices randomized to intervention or control with completed follow-upa
| Control | Intervention | |||
| n/Nb | % | n/Nb | % | |
| Practice Type | ||||
| General Practice Periodontal |
69/73 4/73 |
94.5 5.5 |
63/70 7/70 |
90.0 10.0 |
| Solo/Group Practice | ||||
| Solo Dental Practice Group Dental Practice |
57/72 15/72 |
79.2 20.8 |
53/68 15/68 |
77.9 22.1 |
| Number of Hygienists and Assistants | ||||
| 0 staff 1-2 staff 3-4 staff >4 staff |
1/73 17/73 39/73 16/73 |
1.4 23.3 53.4 21.9 |
3/70 20/70 26/70 21/70 |
4.3 28.6 37.1 30.0 |
| Number of Years at this practice(Dentist) | ||||
| <5 years 5-10 years >10 years |
11/66 13/66 42/66 |
16.7 19.7 63.6 |
12/66 12/66 42/66 |
18.2 18.2 63.6 |
| Urban or Non-urban | ||||
| Urban over 1 million Other metro Non-metro |
26/73 35/73 12/73 |
35.6 48.0 16.4 |
22/70 36/70 12/70 |
31.4 51.4 17.1 |
| Practice busyness | ||||
| Too busy to treat all Overburdened Not overburdened Not busy enough |
6/72 7/72 50/72 9/72 |
8.3 9.7 69.4 12.5 |
9/70 6/70 45/70 10/70 |
12.9 8.6 64.3 14.3 |
| State | ||||
| AL FL GA NC |
25/73 20/73 18/73 10/73 |
34.3 27.4 24.7 13.7 |
11/70 28/70 21/70 10/70 |
15.7 40.0 30.0 14.3 |
| Number of Patients Visits Per Week | ||||
| <=40 patients/week 40-100 patients/week >100 patients/week |
8/73 47/73 18/73 |
11.0 64.4 24.7 |
4/70 47/70 19/70 |
5.7 67.1 27.1 |
a No significant differences in practice characteristics between intervention and control were found (all P >0.05)
b Denominator varies slightly due to small number of missing data