Table 1.

Percentage distribution of the responses of fathers (F) and mothers (M) to each CFSS-M item.

Item			Not Afraid	A Little Afraid	Afraid to Some Degree	Quite Afraid	Very Afraid	No Experience	Missing
		n	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
In general	M	514	49.4	32.7	12.3	1.6	1.9	2.1	0
	F	514	42.8	33.3	14.2	3.5	0.4	5.8	0
Keeping the	M	513	58.6	25.3	7.8	2.9	1.9	3.3	0.2
mouth open	F	512	53.7	24.7	8.4	3.1	1.2	8.6	0.4
Dentist	M	514	47.9	26.8	9.1	1.6	1.6	13	0
	F	514	41.2	32.3	9.3	3.1	0.6	13.4	0
Teeth being cleaned by a	M	513	30.4	20.8	7.2	1.8	1.6	38.1	0.2
dentist or assistant	F	514	26.1	27.6	11.3	1.8	0.4	32.9	0
Drilling	M	510	1.8	1.6	3.5	1.8	0.4	90.3	0.8
	F	513	2.3	4.1	4.5	3.7	1.2	84.0	0.2
Local	M	511	1.9	1.8	5.6	2.9	1.4	85.8	0.6
anesthesia	F	511	3.1	4.3	7.6	3.5	1.2	79.8	0.6
Hearing the sound of	M	510	2.3	1.9	3.7	1.9	1.0	88.3	0.8
drilling	F	512	4.3	4.7	4.1	2.7	0.4	83.5	0.4
Being unable	M	511	7.2	4.7	3.1	2.3	1.2	80.9	0.6
to breathe	F	511	7.2	7.0	6.4	4.5	1.8	72.6	0.6
Instruments put in the	M	510	31.3	24.9	8.9	3.5	1.8	28.8	0.8
mouth	F	510	22.2	30.2	8.0	3.5	1.6	33.9	0.8
Suction used	M	510	17.3	15.8	7.0	1.8	0.8	56.6	0.8
in the mouth	F	511	17.5	18.3	5.6	1.4	0	56.6	0.6
Dental treatment	M	508	1.8	2.3	3.5	4.1	1.6	85.6	1.2
causing pain	F	513	3.5	7.4	6.6	3.1	2.9	76.3	0.2