Estimating the Need for Sedation in Patients with Dental Anxiety and Medical Complexities Reporting to Tertiary Care Dental Hospital Using the IOSN Tool

Table 3

Sedation need while performing dental procedure and its association with past traumatic dental experience.

	Categories of sedation need			P value
	Minimal (n = 49)	Moderate (n = 106)	High (n = 82)
Gender
Male	15 (30.6%)	45 (42.5%)	44 (53.7%)	0.034
Female	34 (69.4%)	61 (57.5%)	38 (46.3%)
Past traumatic dental experience
Yes	1 (2.0%)	47 (44.3%)	42 (51.2%)	<0.001
No	48 (98.0%)	59 (55.7%)	40 (48.8%)

Bold shows P value of less than .001 is considered statistically significant.