Table 3: Patients’ dental visits in relation to the perceived barriers

						Patients’ perception of dental visits
		Regulara		Irregular
Barriers		Once every 6 months to 1 year		More than 1 year		When in pain		Other reasons		p-value
Delay in appointment		90		26		46		1		0.81
No pain		89		22		39		0		0.00*
No personal motivation		4		3		6		0		0.00*
Fear of dentist		16		9		16		0		0.74
Not equipped		69		23		47		0		0.32
Bad experience		59		17		43		0		0.00*
Oral promotion programs		28		0		10		1		0.01*

*Chi-square test, considering p-value of ≤0.05 as significant; ^aPatients’ visits of every 6 months or 1 year have been considered as “Regular visits”