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

Table 2

Comparison between male and female participants regarding health status.

Health state	Male participants (64) mean ± SD	Female participants (36) mean ± SD
Carious posterior tooth with pain	0.455 ± 0.353	0.499 ± 0.270	0.525
Carious posterior tooth without pain	0.649 ± 0.284	0.663 ± 0.270	0.800
Filled posterior tooth, which needs to be more restored later	0.683 ± 0.245	0.672 ± 0.233	0826
Filled posterior tooth, which does not need more restoration	0.805 ± 0.196	0.796 ± 0.182	0.826

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