Table 1.

Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) Scores, Dental Fear Survey (DFS) Scores, and Dentists' Ratings of Anxiety During Dental Treatment in Private Practice Patients

	Mean	Median	SD	Range
MDAS: All Participants	10.91	10.00	4.79	5–25
MDAS: Males	9.80	9.00	4.20	5–22
MDAS: Females	12.18	11.00	5.11	5–25
DFS: All Participants	39.32	34.00	17.07	20–92
DFS: Males	36.41	31.00	15.03	20–83
DFS: Females	42.85	38.00	18.54	20–92
Dentists' Ratings: All Participants	1.90	2.00	0.95	1–5
Dentists' Ratings: Males	1.77	2.00	0.82	1–4
Dentists' Ratings: Females	2.06	2.00	1.07	1–5

MDAS possible range = 5 (no fear) – 25 (highest level of fear)

DFS possible range = 20 (no fear) – 100 (highest level of fear)

Dentists' Ratings possible range = 1 (Not at all anxious) – 5 (Extremely anxious)