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

Table 6

The distribution of dental auxiliaries by gender.

Specialty	Female	Male	value
	N (%)	N (%)
Dental technician	281 (11.52)	2158 (88.48)	0.0001
Dental hygienist	604 (48.40)	644 (51.60)
Dental assistant	4717 (85.78)	782 (14.22)
Total	5602	3584

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