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Table 1 Number of individuals in 10-, 15-, and 20-year-old groups who fulfilled the inclusion criteria (study group) and percentage of the total number of individuals in the original studies in 1973, 1983, 1993, 2003 and 2013

From: Dental fear in school children and young adults attending public dental health care: prevalence and relationship to gender, oral disease and dental treatment; trends over 40 years

Age group	Number examined
	1973				1983				1993				2003				2013
	Female	Male	n	%	Female	Male	n	%	Female	Male	n	%	Female	Male	n	%	Female	Male	n	%
10	45	47	92	92	42	63	105	95	41	61	102	89	43	44	87	75	33	54	87	92
15	45	37	82	82	51	44	95	89	48	40	88	86	40	34	74	77	44	40	84	83
20	59	37	96	96	55	44	99	99	45	47	92	92	34	39	73	87	48	21	70	93

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