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

Table 3

Comparison of dentists and patients by gender.

Health state	Dentists		Patients
	Males (29) mean ± SD	Females (21) mean ± SD	Males (35) mean ± SD	Females (15) mean ± SD
Carious posterior tooth with pain	0.566 ± 0.326^A	0.447 ± 0.263	0.363 ± 0.351^A	0.570 ± 0.272	0.047
Carious posterior tooth without pain	0.747 ± 0.243	0.692 ± 0.277	0.567 ± 0.293	0.623 ± 0.265	0.064
Filled posterior tooth, which needs to be more restored later	0.778 ± 0.167^B	0.669 ± 0.246	0.605 ± 0.273^B	0.677 ± 0.223	0.036
Filled posterior tooth, which does not need more restoration	0.866 ± 0.131	0.832 ± 0.171	0.755 ± 0.227	0.747 ± 0.191	0.062

value was calculated using a one-way analysis of variance; A, B: similar letters indicate a significant difference between corresponding columns calculated using the post hoc t-test, Significant value.