Survey of Dental Practitioners' Knowledge on Endodontic-Periodontal Lesions in Pakistan

Yasir Dilshad Siddiqui's dataset contains survey responses from 380 registered dental practitioners in Pakistan regarding their diagnostic and therapeutic knowledge of endodontic-periodontal lesions (EPLs). The cross-sectional study, last updated in 2026, assessed knowledge levels using a self-administered questionnaire and analyzed associations with demographic and professional variables. Data analysis employed descriptive statistics, Pearson's chi-square test, Fisher's exact test, and binary logistic regression.

Use Cases

• Analyzing associations between practitioner demographics and clinical knowledge based on variables like age, experience, and specialization mentioned in the description.
• Modeling predictors of good diagnostic or therapeutic knowledge using the logistic regression framework described.
• Comparing knowledge levels across different professional groups (e.g., general dentists vs. specialists) based on the survey structure.
• Identifying educational gaps in endodontic-periodontal lesion management from the reported diagnostic vs. therapeutic knowledge disparity.

Strengths

• Includes responses from 380 dental practitioners, providing a substantive sample size.
• Reports specific statistical associations, such as a significant link between age (36-40) and good knowledge (AOR=2.99).
• Contains demographic breakdowns, including 134 female (35.3%) and 246 male (64.7%) participants.
• Data collection method is clearly described as a cross-sectional survey with a self-administered questionnaire.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for certain analytical tasks.
• Data reflects a specific geographic and temporal context (Pakistan, single survey), which may limit generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Yasir Dilshad Siddiqui via figshare

Collection Method

Cross-sectional survey using a self-administered questionnaire distributed to registered dental practitioners.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 05:41:33; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Pakistan