Poll: Canadians Open Wide About Dental Deceptions
National Dental Check-Up Grades Both Patients and Practitioners
(firmenpresse) - TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 09/29/14 -- , Canada''s innovative online matchmaker for patients and healthcare providers is ''drilling down'' to create a comprehensive province by province pulse check of the dental discipline. For patients, The company is conducting the rankings of the in each major market. At the same time, Opencare.com created the National Dental Check-up poll, based on the perplexing questions that dentists would like to pose to patients (but are too polite to ask.)
Setting a national benchmark with Canada''s largest city, Opencare.com today proudly posted their Patients'' Choice Award Rankings of the . The company asks Canadians from coast to coast to cheer or jeer for their local dentist on . Nominations open today and will remain open until Halloween, October 31st. All dental data will be used to help rank the top 30 dentists in every major market across the country.
(follow the link for full results)
Inspired by the questions of dental professionals, the National Dental Check-up Poll debunked many ''dental deceptions'' including:
1)
"How much do our patients lie to us about flossing and brushing?"
National Trend: Canadians are ''almost honest''.(i)
When asked if they lie to their dentist about how often they really brush and floss 68.1% of Canadians said no.
Regional Results:
Additional insights:
The higher the income, the higher the percentage of lies to dentists.
Canadians making $25,000-$50,000 annually are nearly twice as honest with their dentists than Canadians reporting a salary of $150,000+ a year.
(i)Of course, it''s possible that they are all lying.
2)
"Do our patients see us as people or practitioners?"
National Trend: It doesn''t matter ... unless your patient is a man.
When asked if it matters if their dentist is attractive, more than twice as many men (35.5%) found attractiveness to be a desirable dentist trait, while it didn''t matter to the majority (83.3%) of women. Nationally, 73.8% of Canadians said attractiveness didn''t matter ''at all.''
Regional Rankings:
3)
"Who has the most cavities in Canada?"
National Trend: It turns out the great white north has great white teeth.
When asked how many fillings they have, a surprisingly high 42.2% of Canadians responded that they have none.
Regional Rankings:
About Opencare.com
Opencare.com is Canada''s innovative online matchmaker for patients and healthcare providers. With over 20,000 medical practitioners posted on the platform, including dentists, physiotherapists, and chiropractors, Opencare.com has been able to connect over 4 million patients with their ideal healthcare provider.
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Link to Top 30 Toronto Dentist Report:
About the National Dental Check-up Poll
Polls were conducted during September 2014 by Google Surveys and received an average of 1000 responses. Full poll results are . Starting with Toronto, the top 30 dentists in each major Canadian market are being ranked through a combination of factors including online patient reviews, years of experience, and a proprietary algorithm developed by , an Economics professor with Brock University.
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