Concordance between practitioner questionnaire responses and observed clinical treatment recommendations for treatment of dentin hypersensitivity: findings from the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network

Litaker, Mark S.; Kopycka-Kedzierawski, Dorota T.; Rindal, D. Brad; Fellows, Jeffrey L.; Heft, Marc W.; Meyerowitz, Cyril; Chonowski, Sidney; Gilbert, Gregg H.

doi:10.1186/s12903-019-0772-y

Table 3 Association of practitioner and practice characteristics with agreement on the practitioners’ top three treatment recommendations

From: Concordance between practitioner questionnaire responses and observed clinical treatment recommendations for treatment of dentin hypersensitivity: findings from the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network

Treatment Recommendation	Practitioner Characteristic	Categories	Agreement (%)	p-value
Fluoride	Age Group	27–39	69.7	0.9212
		40–49	70.6
		50–59	72.4
		60+	76.1
	Gender	Male	71.7	0.7601
	Gender	Female	73.9
	Race	White	71.9	0.7742
	Race	Other	74.3
	Full Time/Part Time	Full	72.3	0.9964
	Full Time/Part Time	Part	72.7
	Practice Location Type	Inner city	80.0	0.9017
		Urban (not inner city)	70.2
		Suburban	72.1
		Rural	73.9
	Number of Locations	1	73.5	0.6033
	Number of Locations	2+	68.2
OTC Potassium nitrate toothpaste	Age Group	27–39	87.9	0.1647
		40–49	64.7
		50–59	70.7
		60+	71.7
	Gender	Male	74.5	0.5905
	Gender	Female	70.8
	Race	White	72.6	0.8408
	Race	Other	74.3
	Full Time/Part Time	Full	72.3	0.6240
	Full Time/Part Time	Part	77.3
	Practice Location Type	Inner city	86.7	0.2274
		Urban (not inner city)	68.1
		Suburban	76.7
		Rural	60.9
	Number of Locations	1	76.2	0.0322
	Number of Locations	2+	54.6
Glutaraldehyde / HEMA	Age Group	27–39	63.6	0.0805
		40–49	73.5
		50–59	86.2
		60+	80.4
	Gender	Male	75.5	0.3543
	Gender	Female	81.5
	Race	White	80.0	0.1481
	Race	Other	68.6
	Full Time/Part Time	Full	77.7	0.9640
	Full Time/Part Time	Part	77.3
	Practice Location Type	Inner city	60.0	0.1722
		Urban (not inner city)	72.3
		Suburban	82.6
		Rural	82.6
	Number of Locations	1	78.2	0.9192
	Number of Locations	2+	77.3
Bonding Agents	Age Group	27–39	81.8	0.6491
		40–49	76.5
		50–59	79.3
		60+	87.0
	Gender	Male	79.3	0.3821
	Gender	Female	84.6
	Race
		White	80.0	0.4409
		Other	85.7
	Full Time/Part Time	Full	80.4	0.5047
	Full Time/Part Time	Part	86.4
	Practice Location Type	Inner city	93.3	0.0776
		Urban (not inner city)	70.2
		Suburban	82.6
		Rural	91.3
	Number of Locations	1	81.6	0.9833
	Number of Locations	2+	81.8
Sealants	Age Group	27–39	21.2	0.3074
		40–49	35.3
		50–59	36.2
		60+	41.3
	Gender	Male	34.0	0.8494
	Gender	Female	35.4
	Race	White	33.3	0.4603
	Race	Other	40.0
	Full Time/Part Time	Full	33.8	0.5124
	Full Time/Part Time	Part	40.9
	Practice Location Type	Inner city	40.0	0.4393
		Urban (not inner city)	34.0
		Suburban	30.2
		Rural	47.8
	Number of Locations	1	33.3	0.4852
	Number of Locations	2+	40.9
Restorative Treatments	Age Group	27–39	75.8	0.6353
		40–49	15.2
		50–59	69.0
		60+	65.2
	Gender	Male	69.8	0.7276
	Gender	Female	72.3
	Race	White	69.6	0.5901
	Race	Other	74.3
	Full Time/Part Time	Full	68.9	0.0919
	Full Time/Part Time	Part	86.4
	Practice Location Type	Inner city	73.3	0.7303
		Urban (not inner city)	76.6
		Suburban	67.4
		Rural	69.6
	Number of Locations	1	68.7	0.2089
	Number of Locations	2+	81.8
Oxalates	Age Group	27–39	90.9	0.9588
		40–49	94.1
		50–59	91.4
		60+	91.3
	Gender	Male	92.5	0.6967
	Gender	Female	90.8
	Race	White	90.4	0.1940
	Race	Other	97.1
	Full Time/Part Time	Full	93.2	0.0689
	Full Time/Part Time	Part	81.8
	Practice Location Type	Inner city	100.0	0.2253
		Urban (not inner city)	89.4
		Suburban	89.5
		Rural	100.0
	Number of Locations	1	91.8	0.8830
	Number of Locations	2+	90.9
No Treatment	Age Group	27–39	90.9	0.3070
		40–49	82.4
		50–59	93.1
		60+	93.5
	Gender	Male	89.6	0.5584
	Gender	Female	92.3
	Race	White	90.4	0.8485
	Race	Other	91.4
	Full Time/Part Time	Full	90.5	0.9559
	Full Time/Part Time	Part	90.9
	Practice Location Type	Inner city	80.0	0.4435
		Urban (not inner city)	89.4
		Suburban	93.0
		Rural	91.3
	Number of Locations	1	91.8	0.1344
	Number of Locations	2+	81.8
Advice	Age Group	27–39	72.7	0.3679
		40–49	55.9
		50–59	62.1
		60+	54.4
	Gender	Male	65.1	0.1436
	Gender	Female	53.9
	Race	White	60.7	0.9363
	Race	Other	60.0
	Full Time/Part Time	Full	60.8	0.8776
	Full Time/Part Time	Part	59.1
	Practice Location Type	Inner city	53.3	0.0013
		Urban (not inner city)	38.3
		Suburban	72.1
		Rural	69.6
	Number of Locations	1	61.2	0.8483
	Number of Locations	2+	59.1
Other	Age Group	27–39	69.7	0.3813
		40–49	64.7
		50–59	77.6
		60+	63.0
	Gender	Male	68.9	0.7930
	Gender	Female	70.8
	Race	White	68.2	0.4825
	Race	Other	74.3
	Full Time/Part Time	Full	70.3	0.5286
	Full Time/Part Time	Part	63.6
	Practice Location Type	Inner city	60.0	0.5872
		Urban (not inner city)	76.6
		Suburban	67.4
		Rural	69.6
	Number of Locations	1	67.4	0.0699
	Number of Locations	2+	86.4

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