A survey of dental honorarium fees in Lebanon

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the average honorarium dental fees of Lebanese dentists and to analyze fees variation by location of practice, specialty, academic position, gender, years of experience, and origin of basic dental qualification. Materials and Methods: Collected information was based on a questionnaire distributed to the participants of two main dental meetings in Lebanon. Number of participants was 365 dentists and their age varied between 22 and 70 years. T-Test, One Way Anova, and Chi-Square tests were performed to analyze the data. The software used was SPSS virgin 20. Results: This study showed that standard deviation for every procedure of dental fees is very large. Many dentists’ fees were less than the minimal fees recommended by the Lebanese Dental Association-LDA. Statistical analysis showed a positive relationship between dentists’ fees, and several variables such as gender, specialty, location of practice, academic position, and basic dental diploma. Years of experience of dentists were not in correlation with dental fees. Conclusion: Dental honorarium fees should be based on expenses, level of professional expertise, and the difficulty of dental procedures.