Table 8.
Internal medicine residents’ attitude towards patients’ periodontal health.
| Attitude | Strongly agree n (%) |
Agree n (%) |
Neutral n (%) |
Disagree n (%) |
Strongly disagree n (%) |
Non- response n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Importance of assessing their patients regularly for periodontal disease | 55 (50.5) | 44 (40.4) | 7 (6.4) | 3 (2.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Referring their patients for routine dental check up | 47 (43.1) | 41 (37.6) | 15 (13.8) | 5 (4.6) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.9) |
| Referring their patients for dental care only when they had complaints | 7 (6.4) | 18 (16.5) | 12 (11) | 50 (45.9) | 19 (17.4) | 3 (2.8) |
| Referring their patients only on their request | 1 (0.9) | 16 (14.7) | 12 (11) | 49 (45) | 26 (23.9) | 5 (4.6) |