Table 1.
CRA group (n=49) | Non-CRA group (n=140) | Total (n=189) | |
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Dentists' Individual Characteristics | |||
Years since graduation from dental school* (N=185) | 18.6±9.7 | 18.5±9.9 | 18.5±9.9 |
Gender, n (%) (N=187) | |||
Male | 40 (83%) | 114 (82%) | 154 (82%) |
Female | 8 (17%) | 25 (18%) | 33 (18%) |
Race/ethnicity, n (%)(N=188) | |||
Asian | 186 (99%) | ||
White | 1 (0.5%) | ||
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 (0.5%) | ||
Patient Population | |||
Patient age distribution* | |||
1–18 years (%) (N=183) | 18.0±16.9 | 15.5±11.7 | 16.1±13.2 |
19–44 years (%) (N=188) | 25.0±14.4 | 23.9±10.4 | 24.8±11.0 |
45–64 years (%) (N=183) | 29.2±12.9 | 30.8±10.5 | 30.4±11.2 |
65+ years (%) (N=183) | 26.8±18.0 | 29.1±17.2 | 28.5±17.4 |
Dental Procedure Characteristics | |||
Using special form for caries risk assessment, n (%)(N=49) | 15 (31%) | — | — |
Percent of patient contact time spent each day doing extractions (%)*(N=177) | 8.2±4.6 | 8.9±6.7 | 8.8±6.2 |
Percentage of patients who receive diet counseling (%)*(N=183) | 26.9±29.2 | 19.5±26.3 | 21.4±27.2 |
Percent of patient contact time spent each day doing restorative procedures (%)* (N=183) | 26.9±15.7 | 29.4±13.6 | 28.7±14.2 |
Practice Setting | |||
Practice busyness, n (%)(N=181) | |||
Too busy to treat all people requesting appointments | 5 (11%) | 14 (10%) | 19 (10%) |
Provided care to all, but the practice was overburdened | 13 (28%) | 59 (44%) | 72 (40%) |
Provided care to all, but the practice was not overburdened | 16 (35%) | 43 (32%) | 59 (33%) |
Not busy enough | 12 (26%) | 19 (14%) | 31 (17%) |
City population (government-ordinance-designated city), n(%) (N=189) | 26 (53%) | 50 (36%) | 76 (40%) |
Type of practice, n(%) (N=182) | |||
Employed by another dentist | 13 (27%) | 64 (46%) | 77 (41%) |
Self-employed without partners and without sharing of income, costs, or office space | 31 (63%) | 74 (53%) | 105 (56%) |
CRA: Caries Risk Assessment
Mean±SD