Table 2.

Socio-demographic characteristics of the responding general dentists (GDs)

	Belarus	Lithuania	Macedonia	Moldova	Romania
	mean ± sd	mean ± sd	mean ± sd	mean ± sd	mean ± sd
Age (years)	40.7 ± 11.8	36.6 ± 11.5	41.1 ± 9.5	44.4 ± 10.5	35.7 ± 9.0
Significant differences: Lithuania/Romania vs. Moldova/Macedonia/Belarus(p < 0.001)*
Practice (years)	12.6 ± 11.7	20.0 ± 10.0	13.8 ± 8.9	23.3 ± 7.7	18.1 ± 11.8
Significant differences: Lithuania/Macedonia vs. Moldova/Romania/Belarus (p < 0.001)*
Gender	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
Males	87 (22.3)	75 (15.4)	172 (49.3)	146 (46.2)	148 (36.9)
Females	303 (77.7)	413 (84.6)	177 (50.7)	170 (53.8)	253 (63.1)
Significant across-country differences (p < 0.001)**
Location of practice
Urban	370 (94.9)	421 (86.3)	296 (85.1)	249 (78.8)	348 (87.7)
Semi-urban/rural	20 (5.1)	67 (13.7)	44 (12.6)	67 (21.2)	49 (12.3)
Significant differences: Lithuania/Macedonia/Romania/Belarus vs. Moldova (p < 0.001)**
Working in a group practice
Yes	315 (80.8)	389 (79.7)	110 (31.5)	202 (63.9)	278 (70.4)
No	75 (19.2)	99 (20.3)	239 (68.5)	114 (36.1)	117 (29.6)
Significant across-country differences (p < 0.001)**
Having a periodontist in your practice#
Yes	216 (55.4)	144 (29.5)	109 (31.2)	13 (4.1)	43 (11.6)
No	174 (44.6)	344 (70.5)	240 (68.8)	303 (95.9)	292 (78.7)
Significant differences: Lithuania & Macedonia vs. Moldova/Romania/Belarus (p < 0.001)**
Having a dental hygienist in your practice
Yes	74 (19.0)	279 (57.2)	110 (31.5)	14 (4.4)	26 (7.2)
No	316 (81.0)	209 (42.8)	239 (68.5)	302 (95.6)	334 (92.8)
Significant across-country differences (p < 0.001)**

*Comparison of means using One-way ANOVA with post hoc Bonferroni adjustment

** Comparison of proportions using Chi² test