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Table 1 Participants’ general information

From: Perceptions and attitudes of dental students and dentists in South Korea toward artificial intelligence: a subgroup analysis based on professional seniority

Question

Dental students

Dentists

N(%)

1. Which of the following applies to you?

 Dental student

120(55.6)

 Dentist

96(44.4)

2. How old are you?

   30 years old

111(92.5)

12(12.5)

 31–40 years old

9(7.5)

30(31.3)

 41–50 years old

0

33(34.4)

 51–60 years old

0

16(16.6)

   61 years old

0

5(5.2)

3. What is your sex?

 Male

77(64.2)

67(69.8)

 Female

43(35.8)

29(30.2)

4. Which of the following is your main residence?

 Seoul

48(40.0)

53(55.2)

 Capital area

13(10.8)

25(26.0)

 Regional metropolitan city

22(18.4)

5(5.2)

 Local neighborhood

33(27.5)

9(9.4)

 Town or township

4(3.3)

4(4.2)

5. Where do you usually find the latest dental news?

 Internet

41(34.2)

36(37.5)

 Newspapers

0

5(5.2)

 Acquaintances

0

4(4.2)

 Books and papers

6(5.0)

8(8.3)

 Regional metropolitan cities

0

0

 Schools or academic conferences

73(60.8)

42(43.8)

 Other

0

1(1.0)

6. How well do you know AI?

 Very well / well

29(24.2)

24(25.0)

 Average

47(39.2)

36(37.5)

 Little / not at all

44(36.6)

36(37.5)

7. Have you ever taken a part in AI development?

 Yes, I have

7(5.8)

6(6.2)

 No, I have not

113(94.2)

90(93.8)

8. (Dental students only) Which year are you in?

 3rd years

9(7.5)

 4th years

42(35.0)

 5th years

33(27.5)

 6th years

36(30.0)

9. (Dentists only) How long have you been licensed as a dentist?

   5 years

27(28.1)

 6–10 years

15(15.6)

 11–20 years

24(25.0)

   21 years

30(31.3)

10. (Dentists only) Which is your dental specialty?

 None (general dentist)

34(35.4)

 Advanced general dentistry

37(38.5)

 Basic dentistry

0

 Conservative dentistry

0

 Oral and maxillofacial radiology

3(3.1)

 Oral and maxillofacial surgery

7(7.3)

 Oral medicine

3(3.1)

 Orthodontics

6(6.3)

 Pediatric dentistry

3(3.1)

 Periodontics

5(5.2)

 Preventive dentistry

0

 Prosthodontics

5(5.2)

TOTAL

103(107.2)

11. (Dentists only) Which type of workplace do you work in?

 Dental clinic

78(81.3)

 (Dental) hospital

4(4.2)

 (Dental) university hospital

11(11.4)

 Enterprise

0

 Public institution

3(3.1)

 Educational institution

0

 Other

0

  1. AI artificial intelligence, N number of responses
  2. Multiple-response question