A Survey of Neck Pain among Dentists of the Lebanese Community

Table 6

Correlation between muscle pain and specialty.

		Muscular pain due to dental practice		value	OR	95% Cl
		No	Yes
General dentist	No	18	117	0.938	1.026	0.541–1.946
		40.0%	39.4%
	Yes	27	180
		60.0%	60.6%
Endodontist	No	43	255	0.070	3.541	0.827–15.170
		95.6%	85.9%
	Yes	2	42
		4.4%	14.1%
Prosthodontist	No	40	281	0.136	0.456	0.158–1.311
		88.9%	94.6%
	Yes	5	16
		11.1%	5.4%
Pedodontist	No	41	260	0.492	1.459	0.494–4.308
		91.1%	87.5%
	Yes	4	37
		8.9%	12.5%
Maxillofacial surgeon	No	44	290	0.956	1.062	0.128–8.841
		97.8%	97.6%
	Yes	1	7
		2.2%	2.4%
Orthodontist	No	39	282	0.031	0.346	0.127–2.991
		86.7%	94.9%
	Yes	6	15
		13.3%	5.1%

OR: odds ratio. Chi-square test.