Table 3.
Information sources by years since dental degree, by number and percentage
| Information Source | Total | <5 yrs. 102 (13%) | 6–15 yrs. 170 (21%) | >15 yrs. 539 (66%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peer-reviewed journalsa | ||||
| J American Dental Association* | 638 (77%) | 79 (71%) | 127 (72%) | 432 (80%) |
| General Dentistry | 411 (50%) | 50 (45%) | 86 (49%) | 275 (51%) |
| J Esthetic & Restorative Dentistry*** | 194 (23%) | 10 (9%) | 38 (21%) | 146 (27%) |
| Quintessence International | 74 (9%) | 7 (6%) | 16 (9%) | 51 (9%) |
| J Prosthetic Dentistry* | 71 (9%) | 5 (5%) | 7 (4%) | 59 (11%) |
| Operative Dentistry | 40 (5%) | 2 (2%) | 7 (4%) | 31 (6%) |
| Compendium of Continuing Education in Dentistry | 491 (59%) | 67 (60%) | 112 (63%) | 312 (58%) |
| Other dental information sources (non-peer-reviewed) | ||||
| American Dental Association News*** | 617 (74%) | 65 (58%) | 122 (69%) | 430 (79%) |
| Dentistry Today*** | 392 (47%) | 35 (31%) | 65 (37%) | 292 (54%) |
| Inside Dentistry** | 186 (22%) | 18 (16%) | 27 (15%) | 141 (26%) |
| Other state or local publication (U.S., Canadian, or European) | 173 (21%) | 17 (15%) | 25 (14%) | 131 (24%) |
| Other U.S. or Canadian publication† | 151 (18%) | 16 (14%) | 29 (16%) | 106 (20%) |
| Other European publication | 13 (2%) | 1 (1%) | 1 (0.6%) | 11 (2%) |
| Source of continuing dental educationb | ||||
| Dental meetings | 539 (70%) | 73 (69%) | 125 (74%) | 341 (68%) |
| CDE services | 32 (4%) | 4 (4%) | 6 (4%) | 22 (4%) |
| Symposiums | 201 (26%) | 29 (27%) | 37 (22%) | 135 (27%) |
a
Missing=120.
b
Missing=178. Source of continuing dental education was recoded as follows: 1=dental meetings (“State or local dental meetings”; “National dental meetings”); 2=CDE services (“Online CDE services”; “Other CDE services, e.g., tapes, journals, articles”; and 3=Symposiums/ other (“Symposium or other offerings by a school of dentistry”; ”Other”).
*
p-value <0.05;
**
p-value <0.01;
***
p-value <0.001.
†
Chi-square=10.7; df=2, p=0.005. 13 percent of the data are missing.