Table 4.

Pearson Chi-square tests for attitude toward professional dental care

	Gender	Educational status	Profession
Frequency of visit to dentist
χ2	26.18	0.396	31.18
df	3	2	6
P	0.001*	0.675	0.001*
Importance of regular visit to dentist
χ2	0.81	0.816	5.92
df	2	3	3
P	0.41	0.297	0.25
Treatment procured during last visit to dentist
χ2	21.617	3.128	42.12
df	5	8	19
Significance	0.011*	0.741	0.09
Driving factor for last visit
χ2	9.168	6.912	7.12
df	4	3	14
P	0.027*	0.19	0.61
Barriers for avoiding to visit dentist
χ2	12.89	14.22	28.32
df	6	9	29
P	0.021*	0.26	0.28
Dentist make familiar about the treatment protocol
χ2	4.56	3.97	17.82
df	2	2	6
P	0.35	0.629	0.001*
Dentist concerned about patient
χ2	11.89	3.947	31.35
df	3	2	7
P	0.39	0.481	0.001*
Dentist focus on treating but not preventive issue
χ2	0.48	1.99	7.45
df	2	2	6
P	0.71	0.36	0.23

*Significant. df: Degrees of freedom