Research Article

Relationship between Professional Training of Dentists and Outpatient Clinical Production

Table 1

Description of average counts of procedures at primary dental care unit according to professional training of dentists participating from November 2013 to July 2014 in the SIA-SUS.

N (%)Clinical procedures (average; ±SD) valueCollective/preventive procedures (average; ±SD) valueTotal procedures (average; ±SD) value

Area of postgraduate course<0.01<0.01<0.01
 No7416 (43.0)224.7; 1.857.8210.7; 1.404.1563.9; 2.821.3
 Yes, any other area4756 (27.6)238.5; 2.051.6217.5; 1.297.5564.9; 2.783.1
 Yes, in family health/public health5087 (29.5)233.9; 1.648.4265.4; 1.553.9645.1; 2.933.9

Type of postgraduate course<0.01<0.01<0.01
 None7416 (43.0)224.7; 1.857.8210.7; 1.404.1563.9; 2.821.3
 Lato sensu8655 (50.1)242.7; 1.945.6239.2; 1.374.1615.2; 2.952.8
 Stricto sensu253 (1.47)128.1; 102.5128.3; 189.4343.6; 463.0
 Lato sensu and Stricto sensu935 (5.42)204.6; 1.069.9301.8; 2.052.8595.0; 2.336.4

Permanent education?<0.01<0.01<0.01
 No3112 (18.0)195.9; 1.260.1171.8; 1.066.1478.3; 2.218.1
 Yes14147 (82.0)239.0; 1.962.5241.2; 1.489.1612.3; 2.964.3

Specialisation, residence, master, or doctorate. SD = standard deviation.