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- Table 1.
Sources of Continuing Education for Dentists: National Dental Practice–Based Research Network, April 2012 through December 2018
Any Study Training Studies for which the practitioner received training N (n = 798) Cracked tooth registry (CTR) 242 30% Factors in successful crowns 179 22% Management of dentin hypersensitivity (MDH) 165 21% Management of painful temporomandibular disorders (TMD) 149 19% Predicting outcomes of root canal treatment (PREDICT) 127 16% Suspicious occlusal caries lesions (SOCL) 100 12% Anterior openbite malocclusions in adults (AOB) 97 12% Quit advisor DDS 74 9% Risk of oral cancer study (ROCS) 38 5% Any video Video topic N (n = 1757) Orientation 1560 89% International oral health conference 248 14% Human subjects protection 169 10% ROCS study results 120 7% PREDICT study results 64 4% Opioid prescribing study results 6 <1% Knowledge networks study results 5 <1% Any webinar Webinar topics: study results for N (n = 170) Opioid prescribing 67 39% PREDICT 43 25% SOCL 41 24% Factors in successful crowns 35 21% Knowledge networks 26 15% Any network Symposium Network symposium attendances (Number) N (n = 226) 1 149 66% 2 49 22% 3 or more 28 12% Any regional network meeting Network meeting attendances (Number) N (n = 993) 1 519 52% 2 222 22% 3 111 11% 4 74 7% 5 45 5% 6 or more 22 2% - Table 2.
Distribution of Practitioner Characteristics, by Whether the Practitioner Earned Any Continuing Education Credits and Whether the Practitioner Coauthored Any Presentation or Publication; National Dental Practice–Based Research Network, April 2012 through December 2018
Practitioner Characteristics All (n = 4361) Continuing Education (CE) Any Type Publication (n = 159) Orientation Only (n = 811) ≥ 1 CE (n = 1775) P N* %† N Row %‡ N Row % N Row % P Gender <.001 .3 Male 3063 71% 598 20% 1299 42% 117 4% Female 1270 29% 209 16% 463 36% 40 3% Race-ethnicity§ <.001 .6 White 3314 76% 642 19% 1413 43% 121 4% African-American 182 4% 40 22% 71 39% 4 2% Asian 473 11% 63 13% 149 32% 16 3% Other/unknown 115 3% 14 12% 38 33% 4 3% Hispanic 277 6% 52 19% 104 38% 14 5% Age at network enrollment <.001 .026 <35 years 591 14% 105 18% 205 35% 17 3% 35–44 years 951 22% 175 18% 363 38% 26 3% 45–54 years 968 22% 164 17% 418 43% 48 5% 55–64 years 1298 30% 257 20% 571 44% 55 4% 65+ years 491 11% 101 21% 203 41% 13 3% Year graduated dental school <.001 <.001 Before 1980 915 21% 215 24% 414 45% 27 3% 1980–1989 1247 29% 216 17% 553 44% 67 5% 1990–1999 867 20% 152 18% 369 43% 36 4% 2000–2009 948 22% 180 19% 352 37% 22 2% 2010 or later 347 8% 43 12% 80 23% 6 2% General dentist/specialist <.001 .002 General dentist 3227 74% 635 20% 1402 43% 135 4% Specialist 1123 26% 172 15% 366 33% 24 2% Practice type .2 .01 Owner, private 2917 68% 561 19% 1207 41% 93 3% Associate, private 595 14% 106 18% 227 38% 23 4% HP/PDA 201 5% 30 15% 90 45% 16 8% Public, Community Health 179 4% 32 18% 75 42% 8 4% Academic, other¶ 412 10% 70 17% 157 38% 16 4% Network region <.001 .049 Western 680 16% 52 8% 177 26% 27 4% Midwest 533 13% 88 16% 229 43% 29 5% Southwest 798 19% 147 18% 263 33% 18 2% South Central 770 18% 212 28% 441 57% 31 4% South Atlantic 554 13% 137 25% 262 47% 20 4% Northeast 849 20% 146 17% 304 36% 25 3% HP, HealthPartners Dental; PDA, Permanente Dental Associates.
↵* Numbers not summing to column N within characteristic due to missing values.
↵† Column percents, not summing to 100 due to rounding.
↵‡ Row percents, viz., percent received CE amount, or co-authored publication within practitioner characteristic.
↵§ Races are non-Hispanic.
↵¶ Academic n = 301, Federal n = 70, other n = 41.
- Table 3.
Distribution of Continuing Education (CE) Credits Earned by Network Practitioners, by Number of Sources of CE, and by Number within Each Type of Source
CE Source Any CE Mean SD Median Interquartile Range N % Type of sources of CE, n (n = 2586) 6.0 9.0 2.0 0.5 to 7.0 1 1580 61 Excluding orientation video (now N = 1775 any CE) 2 724 28 8.3 10.0 5.0 1.0 to 11.5 3 215 8 4 64 2 5 3 <1 Any Network Meeting Network meetings, n (n = 993) 11.3 8.1 7.2 6.0 to 15.0 1 519 53 2 222 22 3 111 11 4 74 7 5 45 4 6–15 22 2 Any Symposia (AADR/IADR) Symposia (AADR/IADR), n (n = 226) 6.3 5.3 5.0 2.0 to 7.0 1 149 66 2 49 22 3 11 5 4 6 3 5 4 2 6 7 3 Any Study Training Studies received training, n (n = 798) 1.5 0.8 1.0 1.0 to 2.0 1 549 69 2 164 21 3 61 8 4 12 2 5–6 12 2 Any Video Videos, n (n = 1757) 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 to 1.0 1 1444 82 2 239 14 3 50 3 4–5 24 1 Any Webinar Webinars, n (n = 170) 1.2 0.7 1.0 1.0 to 1.0 1 144 85 2 16 9 3–4 10 6 SD, standard deviation.
Whether or Not Peer-Reviewed Any Item, %(n = 159) Any Abstract, %(n = 114) Any Presentation, %(n = 80) Any Publication, %(n = 95) Only peer reviewed 19 32 1 52 Only nonpeer reviewed 31 30 88 8 Both 50 39 11 40 - Table 5.
Multiple Regression Models Relating Practitioner Characteristics to Whether the Practitioner Earned Any Continuing Education Credits or Whether the Practitioner Coauthored Any Publication or Presentation
Bivariate* Full Model† Final/Reduced Model‡ Odds Ratio P Odds Ratio P Odds Ratio 95% CI P Orientation only vs no CE Male vs female 1.5 <.001 1.2 .07 X§ X X White/Black/Hispanic vs Asian/other 1.8 <.001 1.2 .08 X X X Year graduated dental school (per 10 years) 0.80 <.001 0.86 <.001 0.83 0.78–0.89 <.001 General versus specialist 1.8 <.001 1.9 <.001 1.9 1.5–2.3 <.001 Western versus other regions 0.20 <.001 0.21 <.001 0.21 0.15–0.28 <.001 ≥1 CE vs no CE (orientation only excluded) Male vs female 1.4 <.001 1.2 .02 1.2 1.0–1.4 .02 White/Black/Hispanic vs Asian/other 1.7 <.001 1.3 .008 1.3 1.1–1.6 .008 Year graduated dental school (per 10 years) 0.78 <.001 0.66 <.001 0.66 0.60–0.72 <.001 General versus specialist 1.9 <.001 2.0 <.001 2.0 1.7–2.3 <.001 Western versus other regions 0.33 <.001 0.36 <.001 0.36 0.30–0.43 <.001 ≥1 CE vs only orientation Year graduated dental school (U shaped) Cat .048 Cat .02 Cat <.001 Western versus other regions 1.7 .002 1.7 .002 1.7 1.2–2.3 .002 Presentations/publications Graduated dental school before 2000 2.0 <.001 2.0 .002 2.3 1.5–3.5 <.001 General practitioner 2.0 .002 2.2 .001 2.1 1.3–3.4 .002 HP/PDA 2.4 <.001 2.2 .01 2.2 1.20–3.93 .01 Southwest or Northeast region 0.61 .006 0.68 .04 0.67 0.46–0.96 .03 HP, HealthPartners Dental; PDA, Permanente Dental Associates; CI, confidence interval; Cat, Categorical.
↵* Only characteristics associated with outcome (CE or coauthored publication or presentation) at P < .10 are listed.
↵† All characteristics in bivariate analysis with P < .10 entered.
↵‡ Only characteristics with P < .05 retained.
↵§ X denotes P > .05 not retained.
