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Table 8 Rubber dam use according to country of bachelor degree and place of work (%)

From: Why dentists don’t use rubber dam during endodontics and how to promote its usage?

Place of work

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Jordan

Egypt

Other Arab Countries

Other Countries

Private

24.6 [33.3]

80 [10.5]

50 [28.6]

41.7 [6.7]

73.3 [15]

58.3 [15.4]

Academia

7 [75]

2 [100]

6.2 [100]

5.6 [90]

6.7 [100]

12.5 [100]

Government

68.4 [61.3]

18 [55.6]

43.8 [57.1]

52.8 [57.9]

20 [33.3]

29.2 [28.6]

 Total

100 [56.8]

100 [20.8]

100 [46.7]

100 [35.3]

100 [25]

100 [27.3]

(29.8)

(22.4)

(7)

(16.2)

(13.2)

(11.4)

100 [37.3]

  1. The values in brackets represent proportion of respondents who used RD within each corresponding country group