Table 1 Norwegian and Finnish dentists’ background characteristics by use of stainless-steel crowns in their clinical practice
Norway n = 574 | Finland n = 765 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Background characteristics | Total N | SSC users n = 69 % (n) | Non-users n = 505 % (n) | Total N | SSC users n = 99 % (n) | Non-users n = 666 % (n) |
Gender | ||||||
Female | 447 | 11.0 (49) | 89.0 (398) | 618 | 12.9 (80) | 87.1 (538) |
Male | 127 | 15.7 (20) | 84.3 (107) | 147 | 12.9 (19) | 87.1 (128) |
Age | ||||||
< 30 | 81 | 6.2 (5) | 93.8 (76) | 81 | 9.9 (8) | 90.1 (73) |
≥ 30 | 493 | 13.0 (64) | 87.0 (429) | 684 | 13.3 (91) | 86.7 (593) |
Country of graduation | ||||||
Nordic countries | 447 | 12.3 (55) | 87.7 (392) | 724 | 13.0 (94) | 87.0 (630) |
Other countries | 127 | 11.0 (14) | 89.0 (113) | 41 | 12.2 (5) | 87.8 (36) |
Year of graduation | ||||||
< 2000 (Finland)/ < 2001 (Norway) | 189 | 17.5 (33) | 82.5 (156) | 454 | 10.8 (49) | 89.2 (405) |
≥ 2000 (Finland)/ ≥ 2001 (Norway) | 385 | 9.4 (36) | 90.6 (349) | 311 | 16.1 (50) | 83.9 (261) |
Main working sector (> 50%) | ||||||
Public health care | 568 | 12.0 (68) | 88.0 (500) | 578 | 14.2 (82) | 85.8 (496) |
Other (private, university) | 6 | 16.7 (1) | 83.3 (5) | 187 | 9.1 (17) | 90.9 (170) |
Speciality | ||||||
No (general dentist) | 553 | 11.0 (61) | 89.0 (492) | 710 | 10.6 (75) | 89.4 (635) |
Paediatric dentistry | 7 | 100 (7) | – | 10 | 100 (10) | – |
Prosthetic dentistry | 5 | 20.0 (1) | 80.0 (4) | 13 | 38.5 (5) | 61.5 (8) |
Orthodontics | 4 | – | 100.0 (4) | 10 | 20.0 (2) | 80.0 (8) |
Other | 5 | – | 100.0 (5) | 22 | 31.8 (7) | 68.2 (15) |