Table 3 Dental practitioners’ view on patients’ response to infection control measures
Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patients openly demonstrate a greater interest in infection control procedures in dental practice following the COVID-19 pandemic (n = 205) | 41 (20.0) | 90 (43.9) | 42 (20.4) | 28 (13.7) | 4 (2.0) |
In practice, I find that patients are considerate of social distancing requirements in the waiting room (n = 196) | 113 (57.6) | 76 (38.8) | 7 (3.6) | 0 | 0 |