Table 2.

Characteristics of the participants. SE selective, SW stepwise carious tissue removal. No significant differences were observed (p > 0.05)

Item	SE	SW
n	37	37
Age in years (mean, SD)	6.3 (1.5)	6.3 (1.9)
Gender (male/female)	16/21	23/14
Cooperation (mean, SD)	3.0 (0.8)	3.3 (0.8)
Caries risk (low/middle/high)	2/12/23	2/13/22
Dental arch (upper/lower)	17/20	15/22
Primary molar (1st/2nd)	12/25	14/23
Surfaces (1/2)	20/17	17/20