Analysis of Trends in Demographic Distribution of Dental Workforce in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Table 4

The distribution of dental auxiliaries in different sectors based on specialties.

Specialty	Private	Public	value
	N (%)	N (%)
Dental technician	1254 (53.41)	1094 (46.59)	0.0001
Dental hygienist	325 (28.04)	834 (71.96)
Dental assistant	1277 (28.28)	3238 (71.72)
Total	2856	5166

N: total number; %: percentage; significant difference (<0.05) in the chi-square test.