Table 1.

Number of patients and their anxiety level based on total MDAS scores

Total MDAS Score category	Number of patients(n = 480)		Difference in the number of patients in each category
	Pre-treatment (%)	Post treatment (%)
5 (no anxiety)	0	0	There were no patients that belonged in this category
6–7(extremely low anxious)	88(18.3)	149(31.0)	+ 61
8–10 (low anxiety)	201(41.8)	210(43.7)	+ 9
11–15(moderate anxiety)	114(23.7)	84(17.5)	− 30
16–19(high anxiety)	55(11.4)	21(4.3)	− 34
Above 19 (dental phobic)	22(4.58)	16(3.33)	− 6
	Mean 80.00 SD 72.46 SEM 29.58	Mean 80.00 SD 84.44 SEM 34.47	P value* = 0.002 (ANOVA test)

SD, standard deviation; SEM, standard error of mean

*P value is significant showing significant difference between the categories