Table 1 Frequencies (n) and percentages (%) for demographic data of the study participants (n = 151)
From: Diagnostic errors in Dentistry, opinions of egyptian dental teaching staff, a cross-sectional study
Demographic data | n | % |
|---|---|---|
Academic degree | ||
Professor | 17 | 11.3 |
Associate professor | 15 | 9.9 |
Lecturer | 51 | 33.8 |
Assistant lecturer | 68 | 45 |
Sex | ||
Male | 54 | 35.8 |
Female | 97 | 64.2 |
Age | ||
25–35 y | 71 | 47 |
36–50 y | 69 | 45.7 |
Above 50 y | 11 | 7.3 |
Dental specialty | ||
Conservative dentistry | 16 | 10.6 |
Dental biomaterials | 2 | 1.4 |
Endodontic | 5 | 3.3 |
Fixed prosthodontics | 11 | 7.3 |
Oral biology | 2 | 1.3 |
Oral medicine and periodontology | 65 | 43 |
Oral radiology | 4 | 2.6 |
Oral surgery | 4 | 2.6 |
Orthodontics | 5 | 3.3 |
Pathology | 1 | 0.7 |
Pediatric Dentistry | 26 | 17.2 |
Removable prosthodontics | 10 | 6.6 |
Institution | ||
Governmental university | 34 | 22.5 |
Private university | 77 | 51 |
Al-Azhar university | 40 | 26.5 |
Average number of patients / weeks | ||
10–20 patients | 37 | 24.5 |
20–30 patients | 26 | 17.2 |
More than 30 patients | 88 | 58.3 |