Table 2 Participants’ reported characteristics

From: Therapeutic pulpotomy for permanent teeth with irreversible pulpitis: comparative results from a practice-based quick poll in the USA and UK

  

USA (N = 416)

UK (N = 334)

  

N = 394a

N = 334

 

N

%

N

%

Age

 

21–30

7

2%

67

20%

 

31–40

57

14%

100

30%

 

41–50

79

20%

87

26%

 

51–60

91

23%

64

19%

 

>60

156

40%

12

4%

 

Prefer not to say or missing

4

1%

4

1%

Gender

 

Female

122

31%

172

52%

 

Male

271

69%

157

47%

 

Prefer not to say or missing

1

0%

5

2%

Years of practice since graduation

 

0–5

15

4%

60

18%

 

6–10

40

10%

60

18%

 

11–20

82

21%

91

27%

 

21–30

74

19%

69

21%

 

>30

179

45%

53

16%

 

Missing

4

1%

  

Current work situationb

 

General practitioner

243

62%

303

82%

 

General practitioner with enhanced training

108

27%

39

11%

 

Specialist

38

10%

10

3%

 

Currently in training

3

1%

14

4%

 

Other or missing

2

1%

2

1%

Practice settingc

 

NHS

  

227

68%

 

Private

329

84%

141

42%

 

Community

28

7%

25

8%

 

Other

37

9%

4

1%

  1. aInformation from 22 participants was missing.
  2. bUK “dentists with special interest/enhanced skills” and US GPs with AEGD/GPR/specialty training are grouped as “GP with enhanced training.”
  3. cNHS is UK-only, US community: safety-net and community health centers, and “Other”: academic, hospital, and federal/military settings.