Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of survey respondents (n = 217)

Characteristics	No	%
Gender	217
Male	137	63.13
Female	80	36.87
Age groups	M = 37.26	SD = 7.34
20–29	26	11.98
30–39	121	55.76
40–49	49	22.58
50 and older	21	9.68
Academic track
Dental college	146	67.28
Professional graduate-entry school	71	32.72
Years of practice (y)	M = 9.78	SD = 7.20
< 5	56	25.81
5–10	74	34.10
10–15	35	16.13
15– 20	25	11.52
20<	27	12.44
Workplace
Primary care clinic	179	82.5
Secondary/Tertiary care hospital	38	17.5
Practice ownership
Owner/partner	101	46.5
Associate	116	53.5