Table 1 The comparison of gender and mean age of study participants, nonrespondents, and municipal dental practitioners in Finland
| Participants | Nonrespondents | Total |
Municipal dentists | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Dentists (n = 54) |
Hygienists (n = 19) |
Dentists (n = 19) |
Hygienists (n = 3) |
Dentists (n = 73) |
Hygienists (n = 22) |
Dentists* (n = 2,002) | |
| Female (%) | 81.5 | 100 | 68.4 | 100 | 78.1 | 100 | 77.4 |
| Mean age, years (SD) | 48.7 (9.1) | 37.3 (9.5) | 51.1 (9.3) | 46.7 (16.7) | 48.9 (9.5) | 38.6 (10.7) | 49.5 (8.7) |