Table 1.
Demographic data of survey participants.
| Item | Category | n (%) | Previous experience with tele-dentistry |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes n = 74 (50.0%) |
No n = 74 (50.0%) |
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| How old are you? | 18-35 y | 105 (70.9%) | 50 (47.6%) | 55 (52.4%) | 0.365 |
| >36 | 43 (29.1%) | 24 (55.8%) | 19 (44.2%) | ||
| What is your gender? | Male | 89 (60.1%) | 42 (47.2%) | 47 (52.8%) | 0.401 |
| Female | 59 (39.9%) | 32 (54.2%) | 27 (45.8%) | ||
| How many years of experience do you have since you graduated dental school? | 0-5 y | 96 (64.9%) | 48 (50.0%) | 48 (50.0%) | 1.0 |
| More than 5 y | 52 (35.1%) | 26 (50.0%) | 26 (50.0%) | ||
| What is your clinical rank? | General Dentist | 80 (54.1%) | 32 (40.0%) | 48 (60.0%) | 0.018 |
| Specialist | 37 (25.0%) | 25 (67.6%) | 12 (32.4%) | ||
| Consultant | 31 (20.9%) | 17 (54.8%) | 14 (45.2%) | ||
| In which sector do you work? | Government | 103 (69.6%) | 48 (46.6%) | 55 (53.4%) | 0.211 |
| Private | 45 (30.4%) | 26 (57.8%) | 19 (42.2%) | ||
| What is your specialty? | General dentist | 71 (48.0%) | 27 (38.0%) | 44 (62.0%) | 0.002 |
| Oral medicine | 13 (8.9%) | 5 (6.9%) | 8 (10.8%) | ||
| Oral pathology | 3 (2.1%) | 1 (1.4%) | 2 (2.7%) | ||
| Oral radiology | 3 (2.1%) | 2 (2.8%) | 1 (1.4%) | ||
| Oral surgery | 14 (9.6%) | 10 (13.9%) | 4 (5.4%) | ||
| Prosthodontics | 13 (8.9%) | 7 (9.7%) | 6 (8.1%) | ||
| Endodontics | 4 (2.7%) | 0 | 4 (5.4%) | ||
| Periodontics | 7 (4.8%) | 7 (9.7%) | 0 | ||
| Pedodontics | 3 (2.1%) | 1 (1.4%) | 2 (2.7%) | ||
| Orthodontic | 7 (4.8%) | 6 (8.3%) | 1 (1.4%) | ||
| Dental public Health | 5 (3.4%) | 4 (5.6%) | 1 (1.4%) | ||
| Advanced general dentistry | 2 (1.4%) | 1 (1.4%) | 1 (1.4%) | ||
| Restorative dentistry | 2 (1.4%) | 2 (2.8%) | 0 | ||
| In the past 12 months, in an average week, how many hours per week do you practice dentistry? | 1–24 h | 67 (45.3%) | 31 (46.3%) | 36 (53.7%) | 0.409 |
| >25 h | 81 (54.7%) | 43 (53.1%) | 38 (46.9%) | ||
| In the past year, in an average week, how many patients do you see per week? | 1-10 patients | 52 (35.1%) | 26 (50.0%) | 26 (50.0%) | 0.587 |
| 11-20 patients | 41 (27.7%) | 23 (56.1%) | 18 (43.9%) | ||
| 21 patients or more | 55 (37.2%) | 25 (45.5%) | 30 (54.5%) | ||
| How many patients per week, do you take photos for? | None | 42 (28.4%) | 8 (19.0%) | 34 (81.0%) | <0.001 |
| Some patients | 77 (52.0%) | 43 (55.8%) | 34 (44.2%) | ||
| Most or all patients | 29 (19.6%) | 23 (79.3%) | 6 (20.7%) | ||
| How many patients per week do you take dental radiographs for? | None | 29 (19.6%) | 19 (65.5%) | 10 (34.5%) | 0.004 |
| Some patients | 55 (37.2%) | 18 (32.7%) | 37 (67.3%) | ||
| Most or all patients | 64 (43.2%) | 37 (57.8%) | 27 (42.2%) | ||