Table 2.
Parental Satisfaction Rating Percentages (for 11-year-olds) by Permanent Maxillary Incisor Fluorosis and Opacity Status (9 years old)*
| Item/question | Parent’s response | N (%) | Fluorosis status at 9 ys old (%) | P-value†‡ | Opacity status at 9 ys old (%) |
P-value‡ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None (N=133) |
Questionable (N=106) |
Case (N=137 ) |
None (N=309) |
Case (N=67) |
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| Overall appearance (11 ys old) | Very satisfied | 111 (30) | 35 | 32 | 23 | .003 | 31 | 21 | .02 |
| Somewhat satisfied | 204 (54) | 56 | 52 | 55 | 54 | 57 | |||
| Somewhat dissatisfied | 53 (14) | 8 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 16 | |||
| Very dissatisfied | 8 (2) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 376 (100) | |||||||||
| Overall color§ (11 ys old) | Very satisfied | 105 (28) | 32 | 30 | 23 | .004 | 28 | 28 | .83 |
| Somewhat satisfied | 212 (56) | 59 | 54 | 56 | 56 | 57 | |||
| Somewhat dissatisfied | 51 (14) | 9 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 10 | |||
| Very dissatisfied | 7 (2) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Total | 375 (100) | ||||||||
*
Percentages are column percentages
†
Tests fluorosis case vs questionable/none
‡
Cochran-Armitage test for trend of parent’s response (very satisfied to very dissatisfied) for cases vs noncases (dichotomous)
§
One questionnaire had an incomplete response (questionable fluorosis, no opacities).