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Table 2 Percentage of individuals with DFS 0 at the age of 10, 15, and 20 years, respectively, subdivided into individuals with no dental fear and dental fear 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

Year

10 years

15 years

20 years

No dental fear

Dental fear

No dental fear

Dental fear

No dental fear

Dental fear

1973

4.1

0

0

0

0

0

1983

4.3

0

3.0

3.4

1.7

0

1993

6.4

4.2

2.9

0

4.4

0

2003

59.4

44.4

21.0

16.7

17.6

4.5

2013

62.0

50.0

46.6

54.5

20.0

20.0