23 September 2024 : Database Analysis
Knowledge, Awareness, and Use of Stainless-Steel Crowns Among Dental Professionals in Sana'a City, Yemen
Saleh Ali Mohammed Al-Arwali
1ABCDEF*, Khaled Al-Haddad 1ABCEF, Abdul Qader Mohammed Q. Zabara 1ABE, Abdulhamid Al Ghwainem 2EFG, Adel S. Alqarni3DEG, Muadh A. AlGomaiah4DFG, Khalid K. Alshamrani 5CFG, Mohammed M. Al Moaleem 6DEF, Hussein Shoga Al-Deen1BCD, Jamal H. Al-Nomair1BD
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.945948
Med Sci Monit 2024; 30:e945948
Table 1 Association between dentist’s demographic characteristics and the use of SSCs (chi-square test).
| Variables | SSC users n=159 | Non-users n=445 | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | |||
| Gender | Male | 67 | 29.3% | 162 | 70.7% | |
| Female | 92 | 24.5% | 283 | 75.5% | ||
| Academic qualification | BDS | 117 | 23.7% | 377 | 76.3% | * |
| MSC | 37 | 37.0% | 63 | 63.0% | ||
| PhD | 5 | 50.0% | 5 | 50.0% | ||
| Working specialty | General Dentist | 120 | 24.3% | 374 | 75.7% | * |
| Pedodontist | 12 | 80.0% | 3 | 20.0% | ||
| Prosthodontist | 7 | 33.3% | 14 | 66.7% | ||
| Other specialty | 20 | 27.0% | 54 | 73.0% | ||
| Work experience | <5 years | 84 | 24.2% | 263 | 75.8% | |
| 6–10 years | 46 | 28.2% | 117 | 71.8% | ||
| 11–20 years | 23 | 29.9% | 54 | 70.1% | ||
| >20 years | 6 | 35.3% | 11 | 64.7% | ||
| Type of working units | Private dental clinic/hospital | 114 | 25.4% | 334 | 74.6% | |
| General public hospital | 28 | 26.2% | 79 | 73.8% | ||
| Specialized public dental hospital | 17 | 34.7% | 32 | 65.3% | ||
| * Statistically significant ( | ||||||