Experiences of Dental Care and Dental Anxiety in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Table 4

Dental anxiety and beliefs in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and controls.

	ASD	Control	-value
DAS, mean score (SD)	8.9 (3.8)	6.9 (2.8)		0.003
DAS, median score (range)	8 (4–19)	6 (4–18)
DBS-R, mean score (SD)	50.1 (20.5)	34.3 (10.7)	<0.001
DBS-R, median score (range)	46 (28–108)	31 (28–89)
DBS-R, mean item score (SD)	1.8 (0.7)	1.2 (0.4)	<0.001
DBS-R, median item score (range)	1.6 (1.0–3.9)	1.1 (1.0–3.2)

DAS: Corah Dental Anxiety Scale.
DBS-R: Revised Dental Beliefs Survey.