Table 1.

Comparison of responses to modified child dental anxiety scale based on variables

	Questions	p-Value
		Gender	Previous dental visits	Brushing frequency
Q1	How do you feel about going to the dentist generally	0.17	0.12	0.15
Q2	How do you feel about having your teeth looked at	0.06	0.34	0.59
Q3	How do you feel about scraped and polished	0.001*	0.12	0.08
Q4	How do you feel about having an injection in the gum	0.001*	0.004*	0.05*
Q5	How do you feel about having a filling	0.001*	0.60	0.56
Q6	How do you feel about having a tooth taken out	0.001*	0.001*	0.82
Q7	How do you feel about being put to sleep to have treatment	0.21	0.72	0.07
Q8	How do you feel about having a mixture of “gas and air “ which will help you feel comfortable for treatment but cannot put you to sleep	0.001*	0.001*	0.09

*p≤0.05 statistically significant