The effects of socioeconomic status, oral and dental health practices, and nutritional status on dental health in 12-year-old school children

Aslan Ceylan, Jiyan; Aslan, Yusuf; Ozcelik, Ayse Ozfer

doi:10.1186/s43054-022-00104-3

Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette

Table 2 Information on oral and dental health of children

From: The effects of socioeconomic status, oral and dental health practices, and nutritional status on dental health in 12-year-old school children

Information	Low socioeconomic status		Moderate socioeconomic status		High socioeconomic status		Total		p
Information	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	p
Status brushing teeth
Brushes	82	92.1	100	99.0	62	96.9	244	96.1	5.573^a
Not brushes	7	7.9	1	1.0	2	3.1	10	3.9	0.049*
The frequency of tooth brushing
1 time per day	22	24.7	37	36.6	28	43.8	87	34.3	21.932^a 0.010*
2 times a day	29	32.6	24	23.8	21	32.8	74	29.1
3 times per day	4	4.5	2	2.0	4	6.3	10	3.9
Several times a week	5	5.6	11	10.9	2	3.1	18	7.1
Sometimes	22	24.7	26	25.7	7	10.9	55	21.7
Never	7	7.9	1	1.0	2	3.1	10	3.9
The frequency of brush replacement
Quarterly	21	23.6	10	9.9	28	43.8	59	23.2	49.286^b p< 0.01**
Once in 6 months	19	21.3	30	29.7	24	37.5	73	28.8
Once a year	34	38.2	54	53.5	9	14.0	99	39.0
Once in 2 years	8	9.0	6	5.9	1	1.6	15	5.9
Never	7	7.9	1	1.0	2	3.1	8	3.1
The age of see the dentist for the first time (years)
1–5 years old	16	18.0	20	19.7	25	39.1	61	24.0	16.930^b 0.010*
6–10 years old	40	44.9	55	54.5	30	46.9	125	49.2
11–12 years old	16	18.0	11	10.9	5	7.8	32	12.6
Never	17	19.1	15	14.9	4	6.2	36	14.2
The frequency of see the dentist (n= 218)
When complaints	64	88.9	77	89.5	42	70.0	183	83.9	17.783^b 0.001**
1–2 times per year	8	11.1	9	10.5	18	30.0	35	16.1	17.783^b 0.001**
Previously oral health education
Have training	18	20.2	19	18.8	42	65.6	79	31.1	47.629^b p< 0.01**
Have not training	71	79.8	82	81.2	22	34.4	175	68.9	47.629^b p< 0.01**
Harmful oral health habits
Have not	48	53.9	65	64.4	42	65.6	155	61.0	2.923^b 0.232
Have	41	46.1	36	35.6	22	34.4	99	39.0
Total	89	100.0	101	100.0	64	100.0	254	100
If there are harmful oral habits (n= 41)^c
Lip biting	29	70.7	20	55.5	22	100.0	62	62.6
Nail biting	15	36.6	20	55.5	15	68.2	50	50.5
Cheek biting	7	17.1	5	13.9	1	4.5	13	13.1

^aFisher’s exact test
^bChi-square test
^cMultiple answers were given
*p < 0.05 **p<0.01

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