Knowledge, attitude, and perception of oral and maxillofacial surgery specialty amongst healthcare professionals, and the General Public from a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Country

Table 4 Reconstructive surgery

Condition	Role	Plastic surgeon	Ear–nose–throat	Oral and maxillofacial surgeon	General surgeon	Others
Child with a cleft lip	Dentist	25	0	72	1	2
	Medical doctor	61	8	31	0	0
	p	< 0.001	0.007	< 0.001	1.000	0.497
Child with a cleft palate	Dentist	5	2	88	2	3
	Medical doctor	51	15	30	0	4
	p	< 0.001	0.002	< 0.001	0.497	1.000
Child with a cleft lip + palate	Dentist	7	3	86	1	3
	Medical doctor	60	9	31	0	0
	p	< 0.001	0.134	< 0.001	1.000	0.246
Dental implants	Dentist	1	1	77	5	16
	Medical doctor	0	0	80	0	20
	p	1.000	1.000	0.606	0.059	0.462
Facial reconstruction after facial trauma	Dentist	30	0	69	0	1
	Medical doctor	52	0	48	0	0
	p	0.002	–	0.003	–	1.000
Facial reconstruction with free flaps	Dentist	46	3	47	2	2
	Medical doctor	72	0	28	0	0
	p	< 0.001	0.246	0.006	0.497	0.497
Grafting bone in the face	Dentist	21	1	75	2	1
	Medical doctor	50	3	44	3	0
	p	< 0.001	0.621	< 0.001	1.000	1.000
Removal of wisdom teeth	Dentist	1	1	87	5	6
	Medical doctor	0	0	66	0	34
	p	1.000	1.000	< 0.001	0.059	< 0.001
Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) surgery	Dentist	1	3	95	1	0
	Medical doctor	0	10	90	0	0
	p	1.000	0.082	0.179	1.000	–
Taking bone from rib/hip for intra-oral grafting	Dentist	11	0	67	19	3
	Medical doctor	30	3	51	10	6
	p	0.001	0.246	0.021	0.071	0.498

As each group contained 100 participants, cell values represent both n and %
Column p values were generated from a Chi-square test (cell count ≥ 5) or a Fisher’s exact test (cell count < 5)

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