Quantifying Health State Utilities for Permanent Dentition: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Comparison between dentists and patients regarding health status.

Health state	Dentists (50) mean ± SD	Patients (50) mean ± SD
Carious posterior tooth with pain	0.516 ± 0.304	0.425 ± 0.340	0.162
Carious posterior tooth without pain	0.724 ± 0.256	0.584 ± 0.283	0.011
Filled posterior tooth, which needs to be restored later	0.732 ± 0.209	0.626 ± 0.259	0.026
Filled posterior tooth, which does not need further restoration	0.852 ± 0.148	0.752 ± 0.215	0.008

values were calculated using the unpaired Student’s t-test, Significant value.