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Table 2 The distribution of professors and researchers by knowledge and use of indices

From: The knowledge and use of population-based methods for caries detection

VARIABLES

Number

Percent

KNOWN INDICES

 DMF and DMF with other indices

47

100.0

 Only DMF

25

53.2

 DMF index and other indices

22

46.8

USED INDICES

 DMF and DMF with other indices

47

100.0

 Only DMF

41

87.2

 DMF index and other indices

06

12.8

INDICES LEARNED IN THE DEGREE PROGRAMME

 DMF and DMF with other indices

47

100.0

 Only DMF

46

97.9

 DMF index and other indices

01

2.1

INDICES TAUGHT IN LECTURES

 DMF and DMF with other indices

39a

100.0

 Only DMF

34

87.2

 DMF index and other indices

05

2.8

INDICES TAUGHT IN PRACTICAL CLASSES

 DMF and DMF with other indices

39a

100.0

 Only DMF

37

94.9

 DMF index and other indices

02

5.1

  1. a The total number of public oral health professors was 39 individuals