Table 2.

Percentage and number of dentists who never bonded any of the crowns enrolled in the study, sometimes bonded or always bonded based, overall and by practice or practitioner characteristic

Practice or practitioner characteristic	N*	Never bonded, % (n)	Sometimes bonded, % (n)	Always bonded, % (n)	Comparisons
Overall	202	39.7 (79)	40.6 (82)	20.6 (41)	--
Dentist gender					p = .69
Male	145	38.6 (56)	39.3 (57)	22.1(32)
Female	54	42.6 (23)	40.7 (22)	16.7 (9)
Years since dental school graduation					p = .37
<10	28	42.9 (12)	35.7 (10)	21.4 (6)
10-19	53	32.1 (17)	52.8 (28)	15.1 (8)
20-29	42	35.7 (15)	35.7 (15)	28.6 (12)
30+	78	44.9 (35)	35.9 (28)	19.2 (15)
Network region					p = .57
Western	27	33.3 (9)	59.3 (16)	7.4 (2)
Midwest	33	45.5 (15)	33.3 (11)	21.2 (7)
Southwest	39	33.3 (13)	41.0 (16)	25.6 (10)
South Central	45	40.0 (18)	33.3 (15)	26.7 (12)
South Atlantic	32	40.6 (13)	43.8 (14)	15.6 (5)
Northeast	25	44.0 (11)	36.0 (9)	20.0 (5)
Practice type					p = .20
Owner of Private Practice	151	37.8 (57)	39.7 (60)	22.5 (34)
Associate in Private Practice	22	36.4 (8)	36.4 (8)	27.3 (6)
Health Partners**	8	62.5 (5)	37.5 (3)	0.0 (0)
Permanente**	8	25.0 (2)	75.0 (6)	0.0 (0)
Public Health, Academic, Other	8	62.5 (5)	37.5 (3)	0.0 (0)
Practice busyness					p = .19
Too busy	10	60.0 (6)	40.0 (4)	0.0 (0)
Overburdened	39	30.8 (12)	53.9 (21)	15.4 (6)
Not overburdened	117	42.7 (50)	35.9 (42)	21.4 (25)
Not busy	35	31.4 (11)	40.0 (14)	28.6 (10)
Employment time commitment					p = .36
Full time	176	37.5 (66)	40.9 (72)	21.6 (38)
Part time	23	52.2 (12)	34.8 (8)	13.0 (3)

^*N = Numbers of practitioners in row category. Total sample sizes vary due to the presence of missing values for some characteristics.

^**Either HealthPartners Dental Group in greater Minneapolis, MN or Permanente Dental Associates in greater Portland, OR.