Table 5 Association between respondent’s socio-demographic characteristics and future use of teledentistry

Professional Category

General Dentist

119 (28.7)

295 (72.3)

414 (90.8)

0.388

(0.532)

Dental specialists

14 (33.3)

28 (66.7)

42 (9.2)

Age Category

 < 35 years

17 (40.5)

25 (59.5)

42 (9.2)

7.22

(0.125)

35—44 years

29 (32.2)

61 (67.8)

90 (19.7)

45 – 54 years

31 (29.8)

73 (70.2)

104 (22.8)

55 – 64 years

33 (22.0)

117 (78.0)

150 (32.9)

65 years and above

23 (32.9)

47 (67.1)

70 (15.4)

Gender^b

Female

62 (33.2)

125(66.8)

187 (41.0)

3.91

(0.141)

Male

67 (35.8)

193 (74.2)

260 (57.0)

Others

4 (44.4)

5 (55.5)

9 (2.0)

Years of experience^b (N = 455)

0—10 years

30 (36.6)

52 (63.4)

82 (18.0)

2.62

(0.105)

11 years and above

103 (27.6)

270 (72.4)

373 (82.0)

Location of practice^b (N = 454)

Major City

85 (31.8)

182 (68.2)

267 (58.8)

2.02

(0.364)

City or town

39 (25.7)

113 (74.3)

152 (33.5)

Remote areas

9 (26.5)

26 (76.5)

35 (7.7)

Type of practice^b (N = 454)

Private practice

120 (27.8)

312 (72.2)

432(95.1)

9.91

(< 0.001)*

Others

13 (59.1)

9 (40.9)

22 (4.9)

Neighborhood served^b (N = 448)

Low income

16 (24.6)

49 (75.4)

65 (14.5)

0.94

Not low income

117 (30.5)

266 (69.5)

383 (85.5)

(0.33)

Number of practice settings^b (N = 455)

1

87 (25.5)

254 (74.5)

341 (74.9)

9.74

(0.007)

2

28 (37.8)

46 (62.2)

74 (17.3)

3 and above

18 (45.0)

22 (55.0)

40 (8.8)

Number of resources accessed

None

19 (14.8)

109 (85.2)

128 (28.0)

22.55

(< 0.001)

1

61 (30.4)

140 (69.6)

201 (44.1)

2 or more

53 (41.7)

74 (58.3)

127(27.9)

Level of comfort with utilizing teledentistry^b(N = 390)

Uncomfortable

11 (9.7)

102 (90.3)

113 (29.0)

71.14 (< 0.001)

Neutral

Comfortable

58 (32.5)

64 (58.5)

120 (67.5)

35 (35.5)

178 (45.6)

99 (25.4)