Table 8.

Practitioner demographic and practice characteristics vs. treatment success

Practitioner characteristics	ALL	POSI = 0		P
	N=232	N=194	Row %
Country trained in				0.6
United States	189	157	83%
Other	43	37	86%
Gender				0.5
Male	172	145	84%
Female	60	49	82%
Race and ethniciity				0.6
White/Caucasian	141	120	85%
Asian	64	53	83%
Hispanic	22	19	86%
Other/unknown	5	2	40%
Age, years				0.6
< 45	92	74	80%
45 – 54	55	49	89%
55 – 64	71	60	84%
≥ 65	14	11	79%
Years since dental degree, years				0.5
< 10	20	18	90%
10 – 19	91	73	80%
20 – 29	61	54	88%
≥ 30	59	49	83%
Type of practice				0.05
Solo, private practice	104	86	83%
Owner, non-solo private practice	48	39	81%
Associate/employee private practice	23	17	74%
Preferred provider practice	13	9	69%
Academic	43	42	98%
Geographic Region of Practice				NE
West	116	94	81%
Midwest	24	22	92%
Southwest	26	22	85%
South Central	5	5	100%
South Atlantic	29	27	93%
Northeast	32	24	75%

¹Percents are “row” %s, namely, the proportion of the “outcome” treatment (column heading) for that treatment comparison.

²P-values are adjusted for clustering of patients within practitioners using generalized estimating equations

³NE: Not estimable