Table 1 Characteristics of the study population
Variables | Values |
|---|---|
Age (years) | 27 ± 8 |
Female gender, n (%) | 69 (68.31) |
Income, n (%) | |
Low | 28 (27.73) |
Medium | 32 (31.68) |
High | 41 (40.59) |
Frequency of tooth brushing, n (%) | |
0 or 1/day | 18 (17.83) |
2/day | 49 (48.51) |
3/day | 34 (33.66) |
Tooth brushing motion, n (%) | |
Appropriate | 67 (66.34) |
Inappropriate | 34 (32.66) |
Reason of the dental attendance, n (%) | |
Planned visit | 26 (25.74) |
Acute visit | 75 (74.26) |
Education level, n (%) | |
Non and primary | 22 (21.78) |
Secondary | 29 (28.72) |
University | 50 (49.5) |
BMI, n (%) | |
Underweight | 35 (34.65) |
Normalweight | 37 (36.63) |
Overweight | 22 (21.78) |
Obese | 7 (6.93) |
Age at beginning tooth brushing (years), (mean ± SD) | 3 ± 1 |
DT, (mean ± SD) | 5.37 ± 3.66 |
MT, [median (IQR)] | 4 (2–5) |
FT, [median (IQR)] | 2 (0–6) |
DMFT, [median (IQR)] | 12 (9–16) |
GI, (mean ± SD) | 1.42 ± 0.77 |
CPI, (mean ± SD) | 1.15 ± 0.40 |
SDI, (mean ± SD) | 1.28 ± 0.77 |
CSI, [median (IQR)] | 1.26 (0.83–1.66) |