The Reliability and Validity of the Japanese Version of the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale among Dental Outpatients

Table 1

Descriptive statistics for the MDAS and DFS scores.

Variable	Mean	SD
MDAS	10.89	3.75
DFS	38.54	13.30
Avoidance	13.92	5.15
Physiological arousal	8.98	3.11
Fear of specific situations	15.64	5.84

MDAS = Modified Dental Anxiety Scale. DFS = Dental Fear Survey. SD = standard deviation.