Table 3.
Respondent practitioners performing sedation in their practices classified by year of qualification (absolute number of respondent practitioners per category or subcategory [%])
| Subcategory | Year of qualification | Total | |||||
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| 1960–1969 | 1970–1979 | 1980–1989 | 1990–1999 | 2000–2009 | Not answered | ||
| GDPs | 83 (11.1) | 220 (29.4) | 147 (19.7) | 158 (21.1) | 128 (17.1) | 12 (1.6) | 748 (100) |
| Perform sedation | 0 (0.0) | 2 (20.0) | 4 (40.0) | 1 (10.0) | 3 (30.0) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (100) |
| SDPs | 7 (6.2) | 15 (13.3) | 20 (17.7) | 44 (38.9) | 25 (22.1) | 2 (1.8) | 113 (100) |
| Perform sedation | 2 (3.2) | 2 (3.2) | 8 (12.7) | 32 (50.8) | 18 (28.6) | 1 (1.6) | 63 (100) |
| Maxillofacial surgeons | 1 (2.2) | 4 (8.7) | 9 (19.6) | 18 (39.1) | 14 (30.4) | 0 (0.0) | 46 (100) |
| Perform sedation | 1 (3.2) | 1 (3.2) | 3 (9.6) | 13 (41.9) | 13 (41.9) | 0 (0.0) | 31 (100) |
| Periodontists | 0 (0.0) | 3 (21.4) | 4 (28.6) | 4 (28.6) | 2 (14.3) | 1 (7.1) | 14 (100) |
| Perform sedation | 0 (0.0) | 1 (11.1) | 2 (22.2) | 3 (33.3) | 2 (22.2) | 1 (11.1) | 9 (100) |
| Pedodontists | 2 (10.5) | 2 (10.5) | 3 (15.8) | 10 (52.6) | 2 (10.5) | 0 (0.0) | 19 (100) |
| Perform sedation | 1 (7.7) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (23.1) | 7 (53.8) | 2 (15.4) | 0 (0.0) | 13 (100) |
| Other SDPs | 4 (11.8) | 6 (17.6) | 4 (11.8) | 12 (35.3) | 7 (20.6) | 1 (2.9) | 34 (100) |
| Perform sedation | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (90.0) | 1 (10.0) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (100) |
Abbreviations: GDPs, general dental practitioners; SDPs, specialist dental practitioners.