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Table 3 Summary characteristics by practitioner

From: Satisfaction with dental care among patients who receive invasive or non-invasive treatment for non-cavitated early dental caries: findings from one region of the National Dental PBRN

  

Satisfied on all 14 questions

proportion satisfied

# of high-risk patients

# patients had a lesion restored

# patients had dental insurance

Dentist

# patients

N

%

mean

SD

N

%

N

%

N

%

A

26

9

35%

80

21

3

12%

4

15%

19

73%

B

17

11

65%

98

4

6

35%

10

59%

14

82%

C

25

17

68%

97

5

4

16%

0

0%

15

60%

D

28

21

75%

98

5

11

39%

7

25%

23

82%

E

38

30

79%

96

16

0

0%

0

0%

24

63%

F

29

23

79%

98

4

1

3%

1

3%

22

76%

G

27

22

81%

95

19

15

56%

1

4%

23

85%

H

37

32

86%

97

12

3

8%

1

3%

37

100%

I

24

21

88%

99

3

7

29%

0

0%

19

79%

J

25

22

88%

99

3

6

24%

8

32%

22

88%

overall

276

208

75%

96

13

46

17%

32

12%

218

76%

All except A

250

199

80%

97

10

43

17%

28

11%

199

80%

A

26

9

35%

80

21

3

12%

4

15%

19

73%

p* =

 

0.2

0.2

0.9

0.6

0.4

  1. *Wilcoxon rank sum, 2-tailed for Dentist A compared to all others