Table 5.

Factors associated with dental fear among Lebanese dental patients

	All (N = 442)
	OR	95% CI	p value
Dental experience			0.007*
No experience	1.00
Scary	3.69	1.07–12.71
Embarrassing	0.86	0.14–5.49
Painful	3.62	1.64–7.99
Wrong treatment	0.95	0.41–2.21
Sensation of nausea during dental treatment			< 0.0001*
No	1.00
Yes	4.52	2.23–9.15
Having dental anxiety (MDAS score > 10)			< 0.0001*
No	1.00
Yes	18.71	10.07–34.77

Factors entered into the model: age, gender, marital status, educational level, previous bad dental experience, the trauma’s experience period, the perception of a periodontal problem, the dental anxiety as reported by MDAS-A and the sensation of nausea, *P value < 0.05 is considered statistically significant

N frequency, ORadj adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval, MDAS Modified dental Anxiety scale