Table 1 Personal characteristics of dentists related to their antibiotic prescription habits in oral implant surgery
Personal characteristics | Antibiotic prescription habits | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Never | Sometimes | Always | ||
Female (a | 8% | 6.15% | 6.4% | |
Age (years) (b | ||||
21–30 | 12% | 3.0% | 4.5% | |
31–40 | 20% | 19.2% | 19.2% | |
41–50 | 24% | 30% | 28.9% | |
51–60 | 100% | 24% | 30.7% | 30.1% |
61–70 | 16% | 14.6% | 14.7% | |
71 or more | 4% | 2.3% | 2.6% | |
Graduation in Italy(c | 100% | 100% | 96.1% | 96.8% |
Experience (years) (d | ||||
Less than 10 | 16% | 7.7% | 8.9% | |
Between 11 and 20 | 100% | 52% | 62.3% | 60.9% |
More than 20 | 32% | 30% | 30.1% | |
Place of settlement (macroregions) (e | ||||
North-West | 36% | 43.1% | 41.7% | |
North-East | 100% | 24% | 20% | 21.1% |
Centre | 16% | 23.1% | 21.8% | |
South | 16% | 10.8% | 11.5% | |
Islands | 4% | 2.3% | 2.6% | |
Other | 4% | 0.7% | 1.3% | |
n(f | 1 | 25 | 130 | 156 |