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Table 1 The ranking distribution of “Answer 1. Treat the patient by myself.” from Question I to Question IV

From: The referral pattern and treatment modality for peri-implant disease between periodontists and non-periodontist dentists

 

First

Second

Third

Fourth

Fifth

Mean

rank

p

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Question I

26

15.6%

53

31.7%

17

10.2%

9

4.8%

62

37.1%

3.17a

 < 0.001*

Question II

12

7.2%

49

29.3%

11

6.6%

15

9.0%

80

47.9%

3.61b

 

Question III

154

92.2%

4

2.4%

0

0.0%

9

5.4%

0

0.0%

1.19c

 

Question IV

149

89.2%

6

3.6%

1

0.6%

11

6.6%

0

0.0%

1.25c

 
  1. *: significant difference at p < 0.05 by Kruskal–Wallis H with post hoc tests
  2. a, b and c designate significantly distinct data subsets with post-hoc analysis