Dental Service Utilization and Barriers to Dental Care for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Jordan: A Case-Control Study

Table 2

Barriers to dental care among participants with ASD and control groups.

Barrier	ASD, N (%)	Control, N (%)	value
Could not afford the cost	64 (43.5)	57 (38.3)	0.058
Dental office is too far away	39 (26.5)	19 (12.8)	0.003
Dental office is not open at convenient times	34 (23.1)	40 (26.8)	0.460
Dental office has no or difficult access for wheelchair	61 (41.5)	10 (6.7)	0.001
Dental office has inaccessible parking areas	52 (35.4)	9 (6.0)	0.001
Dental office has a small space	42 (28.6)	7 (4.8)	0.001
Dental office has inadequate facilities to provide dental care	50 (34)	5 (3.4)	0.001
Dentist’s lack of knowledge of how to treat people with disability	42 (26.6)	9 (6.1)	0.001
Dental office has a general dentist, not a specialist	42 (28.6)	14 (9.4)	0.001
Long waiting time	72 (49)	62 (41.6)	0.203
Fear of dental work	99 (67.3)	77 (51.7)	0.006
No insurance coverage/dental coverage	57 (39)	52 (34.9)	0.461
Embarrassment or any psychological barriers	64 (43.5)	14 (9.4)	0.001

Significant result, .