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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gen Dent. 2010 Nov-Dec;58(6):520–528.

Table 2. Summary of responses provided after the meeting ended, overall and by DPBRN region.

DPBRN region

Overall AL/MS FL/GA MN PDA SK Statistical significance of the association between the response and region

As a result of this meeting, how much do you think that you will change how you diagnose dental caries?
 -  a large amount 10% 8% 13% 7% 17% 4% p = 0.016
 -  a small amount 49% 61% 46% 57% 61% 17%
 -  none 42% 31% 42% 36% 22% 78%

As a result of this meeting, how much do you think that you will change how you treat (prevention and restoration) dental caries?
 -  a large amount 14% 12% 26% 14% 11% 5% p = 0.022
 -  a small amount 68% 74% 70% 71% 74% 48%
 -  none 19% 15% 4% 14% 16% 48%

I liked meeting with fellow DPBRN practitioner-investigators at this meeting.
- strongly agree 94% 97% 83% 93% 100% 96% ns
- agree 6% 3% 17% 7% -- 4%
- neither agree nor disagree -- -- -- -- -- --
- disagree -- -- -- -- -- --
- strongly disagree -- -- -- -- -- --

Overall, the meeting was useful to my clinical practice.
- strongly agree 57% 55% 63% 57% 70% 43% ns
- agree 40% 45% 33% 43% 30% 48%
- neither agree nor disagree 3% -- 4% -- -- 9%
- disagree -- -- -- -- -- --
- strongly disagree -- -- -- -- -- --

Attending this meeting increased my interest in participating in future DPBRN studies.
- strongly agree 82% 84% 83% 64% 90% 83% ns
- agree 15% 13% 13% 29% 10% 17%
- neither agree nor disagree 3% 3% 4% 7% -- --
- disagree -- -- -- -- -- --
- strongly disagree -- -- -- -- -- --

Column values do not add to 100% in all instances due to rounding.

ns

the association between responses and DPBRN region was not statistically significant (p > 0.05).

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p < 0.05