Table 6 Mean numbers, ranges, and standard deviation (SD) of dental care, emergency visits and visits for behaviour shaping, and missed appointments
Group | Mean number, range, and SD | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dental care visits | Missed appointments | Dental emergency visits | Visits for behaviour shaping | ||||||||||
Age interval | Age interval | Age interval | Age interval | ||||||||||
3–6 | 7–12 | 13–19 | 3–6 | 7–12 | 13–19 | 3–6 | 7–12 | 13–19 | 3–6 | 7–12 | 13–19 | ||
EPT | 5.41 | 10.00 | 12.25 | 3.27 | 3.13 | 3.22 | 0.19 | 0.81 | 0.63 | 0.59 | 0.23 | 0.00 | |
Range | 1–15 | 3–27 | 2–30 | 0–13 | 0–14 | 0–12 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–6 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0 | |
SD | 2.45 | 5.25 | 6.00 | 3.01 | 3.24 | 2.85 | 0.40 | 1.08 | 1.16 | 0.95 | 0.62 | 0.00 | |
VPT | 5.44 | 10.21 | 9.57 | 2.17 | 3.24 | 3.59 | 0.36 | 0.58 | 0.61 | 0.50 | 0.16 | 0.03 | |
Range | 1–18 | 1–36 | 1–32 | 0–14 | 0–17 | 0–24 | 0–3 | 0–8 | 0–7 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | |
SD | 3.50 | 6.63 | 5.77 | 2.78 | 3.84 | 4.39 | 0.70 | 1.07 | 1.24 | 0.69 | 0.53 | 0.29 | |
FT | 5.65 | 9.86 | 9.89 | 1.54 | 1.97 | 2.79 | 0.36 | 0.55 | 0.51 | 0.44 | 0.12 | 0.01 | |
Range | 1–25 | 1–38 | 2–26 | 0–9 | 0–13 | 0–19 | 0–3 | 0–7 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 0–1 | |
SD | 2.96 | 6.45 | 4.80 | 1.93 | 2.47 | 3.03 | 0.62 | 0.97 | 0.91 | 0.77 | 0.38 | 0.12 | |
p-value | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.119 | 0.002† | 0.010‡ | 0.617 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |