TABLE 2.

Mean scores for traumatic dental events and patients' subjective cognitions by dental anxiety level

	Dental anxiety		Difference High − Low
	Low (cut‐off <19) N = 180 Mean (SD)	High (cut‐off >19) N = 73 Mean (SD)
			Mean (95% CI)
Traumatic dental events	1.9 (2.2)	3.3 (3.4)	1.4 (0.7, 2.1)***
Professionalism	21.6 (8.1)	25.8 (9.6)	4.2 (1.9, 6.5)***
Communication	15.3 (7.0)	19.3 (9.1)	4.0 (1.9, 6.1)***
Lack of control	14.1 (6.7)	19.0 (8.1)	4.9 (3.0, 6.8)***

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.

^***p < 0.001.