Table 6 Results of comparison between answers to questions regarding diagnostic errors among different institutions
From: Diagnostic errors in Dentistry, opinions of egyptian dental teaching staff, a cross-sectional study
Diagnostic errors | Al-Azhar University | Governmental Universities | Private Universities | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Do you believe that dental diagnostic errors represent an urgent problem that needs to be addressed? | |||||||
Yes | 38 | 95 | 30 | 88.2 | 75 | 97.4 | 0.127 |
No | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11.8 | 2 | 2.6 | |
What is your estimate percentage of diagnostic errors you see in your clinical practice? | |||||||
< 20% | 24 | 60 | 16 | 47.1 | 31 | 40.3 | 0.336 |
20–40% | 15 | 37.5 | 14 | 41.2 | 38 | 49.4 | |
40–60% | 1 | 2.5 | 4 | 11.8 | 7 | 9.1 | |
More than 60% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.3 | |
Which of the following areas/ aspects that include (comprise) the most dental diagnostic errors condition? | |||||||
Oral mucosal lesions Hard tooth structure related conditions TMJ related conditions Periodontal conditions Pulp therapy related conditions | 13 | 32.5 | 21 | 61.8 | 11 | 14.3 | < 0.001*† |
4 | 10 | 3 | 8.8 | 23 | 29.9 | ||
7 | 17.5 | 3 | 8.8 | 7 | 9.1 | ||
5 | 12.5 | 3 | 8.8 | 11 | 14.3 | ||
11 | 27.5 | 4 | 11.8 | 25 | 32.5 | ||