Outcome of Chair-Side Dental Fear Treatment: Long-Term Follow-Up in Public Health Setting

Table 3

Successful outcome of dental fear treatment (n (success %)) according to age, disabilities, and the treatment type: only BT/CBT or combined with oral conscious sedation and/or N₂O or DGA.

Treatment type	Age groups			Disabilities		All
	2–6 yrs	7–12 yrs	≥13 yrs	Yes	No
n	73	65	25	18	145	163
BT/CBT only	8 (100)	11 (82)	2 (50)	1 (0)	20 (90)	21 (86)
BT/CBT + oral conscious sedation and/or N2O	32 (78)	29 (83)	8 (63)	3 (67)	66 (79)	69 (78)
BT/CBT + DGA	33 (61)	25 (56)	15 (40)	14 (43)	59 (58)	73 (55)
	0.052	0.067	0.588	0.493	0.005	0.002