Assessment of the Feelings and Attitudes of Children towards Their Dentist and Their Association with Oral Health

Table 4

Distribution of dmft and DMFT scores according to gender and dental fear.

	dmft	DMFT
	Mean ± SD (median)	Mean ± SD (median)
Gender
Female	3.45 ± 2.41 (4)	1.36 ± 1.34 (1)
Male	3.59 ± 2.48 (4)	1.34 ± 1.25 (1)
𝑃	0.826	0.997
Dental fear
Yes	4.87 ± 2.37 (5)	1.11 ± 1.43 (0)
No	3.03 ± 2.29 (3)	1.44 ± 1.23 (1)
𝑃	0.001**	0.044*

Mann-Whitney 𝑈 test ^∗𝑃<0.05, ^∗∗𝑃<0.01.