A cross-sectional survey on knowledge and attitudes of Greek dentists regarding molar incisor hypomineralisation diagnosis and treatment

Table 4 Odds ratio (confidence interval) for reporting specific problems during treatment, according to clinicians’ clinical experience

	*Sufficient Anaesthesia^a (31%)*			*Cavity Design^a (42%)*			*Adhesion^a (70%)*			*Hypersensitivity^a (39%)*			*Co-operation^a (25%)*			*None^a (9%)*
	OR	*95% CI*	p-value**	OR	*95% CI*	p- value **	OR	*95% CI*	p- value **	OR	*95% CI*	p- value **	OR	*95% CI*	p- value **	OR	*95% CI*	P -value*
Years of experience
≤ 10 yrs	1.7	0.9-	0.05	0.7	0.4-	0.25	1.9	1.1-	0.03	1.7	1–2.8	0.04	1.5	0.9-	0.15	0.93	0.4-	0.9
> 10 yrs	Ref	2.9		Ref	1.2		Ref	3.5		Ref			Ref	2.6		Ref	2.3
Specialisation
Yes	2.8	1.65-	< 0.01	0.7	0.46-	0.16	1.5	0.89-	0.14	1.6	1-	0.04	1.5	0.87-	0.15	0.5	0.23-	0.13
No	Ref	4.65		Ref	1.1		Ref.	2.38		Ref	2.56		Ref	2.48		Ref	1.2
Children treated
> 10	5.5	3.2-	< 0.01	0.6	0.37-	0.03	1.1	0.7-	0.6	3.1	1.9-	< 0.01	4.5	2.6-	< 0.01	0.5	0.2-	0.12
≤ 10	Ref	9.5		Ref	0.95		Ref	1.9		Ref	4.9		Ref	17.8		Ref	1.2
Children with MIH-affected teeth
Yes	4.7	2.1-	< 0.01	1.5	0.9-	0.17	1.1	0.6-	0.8	2.6	1.4-	0.02	2	1–4	0.04	0.4	0.2-	0.01
No	Ref	10.2		Ref	2.5		Ref	1.9		Ref	4.7		Ref			Ref	0.8

OR Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval
^aReference unit: negative control
**Pearson Chi-square test was used for all variables and bold values indicate statistical significance (p < 0.05)

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