[Table/Fig-2]:
Demographics of dentists participating in study
| Age group of respondents | Number | % |
| 21-30 years | 225 | 70.5% |
| 31-40 years | 74 | 23.2% |
| 41-60 years | 20 | 6.3% |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 164 | 51.4% |
| Female | 155 | 48.6% |
| Education | ||
| MDS | 147 | 46.1% |
| PG students | 172 | 53.9% |
| Years of experience | ||
| 0-5 years | 221 | 69.3% |
| 5-10 years | 76 | 23.8% |
| >10 years | 22 | 6.9% |
| Areas of employment | ||
| private | 135 | 42.3% |
| Institution | 144 | 45.1% |
| Both | 40 | 12.5% |
| Number of questionnaires distributed | ||
| completely filled | 319 | 79.75 |
| Incompletely filled | 25 | 6.25 |
| No response | 56 | 14 |