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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2014 Sep 1;43(2):128–134. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12127

Table 1.

Distribution of dentist, practice, patient, and dental procedure characteristics of participants by whether or not they performed CRA. [Kakudate et al., 2012]

CRA group (n=49) Non-CRA group (n=140) Total (n=189)
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*
  118 years (%) (N=183) 18.0±16.9 15.5±11.7 16.1±13.2
  1944 years (%) (N=188) 25.0±14.4 23.9±10.4 24.8±11.0
  4564 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

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Mean±SD