Table 4.

The distribution of participants according responses to the items of Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (n = 700).

Item	Not anxious	Slightly anxious	Fairly anxious	Anxious	Extremely anxious
If you went to your dentist for treatment tomorrow, how would you feel?	290 (41.4%)	225 (32.1%)	70 (10%)	75 (10.7%)	40 (5.7%)
If you were sitting in the waiting room, how would you feel?	247 (35.3%)	206 (29.4%)	117 (16.7%)	76 (10.9%)	54 (7.7%)
If you were about to have a tooth drilled, how would you feel?	79 (11.3%)	132 (18.9%)	133 (19.0%)	170 (24.3%)	186 (26.6%)
If you were about to have your teeth scaled and polished, how would you feel?	228 (32.6%)	184 (26.3%)	114 (16.3%)	102 (14.6%)	72 (10.3%)
If you were about to have a local anesthetic injection in your gum, how would you feel?	67 (9.6%)	114 (16.3%)	123 (17.6%)	145 (20.7%)	250 (35.7%)