The corresponding figure for dental hygienists was 16 percent.
The response rate was somewhat higher in the dental hygienist group.
Not only doctors, hygienists, and statisticians, but also representatives of the city authorities were in favour of the introduction of uniform medical statistics.
Sixty-one percent of the hygienists and 57 percent of the dentists were working in private practice.
Dental hygienists appear to perceive fewer obstacles to this work than the dentists.
Overall, dental hygienists were significantly more active in tobacco cessation support than dentists, especially concerning patients using smokeless tobacco.
Forty-seven percent of the dentists claimed they had read this version "partly or thoroughly" compared with 79 percent of the hygienists.
The information from the reports was used in the clinical work by 34 percent of the dentists and 54 percent of the hygienists.
