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Fig. 5 | BMC Oral Health

Fig. 5

From: Comparison of oral health behaviour between dental and non-dental undergraduates in a university in southwestern China——exploring the future priority for oral health education

Fig. 5

Dental students’ and non-dental students’ considerations when selecting toothbrushes and toothpaste before and after the course. a, b Function and price were the first two considerations. Some students cared about popularity before the course. c Non-dental students preferred Chinese herbs, whitening and fluoride toothpastes before the course, while dental students preferred fluoride, Chinese herbs and desensitizing toothpastes. After the course, fewer dental students and more non-dental students were willing to use Chinese herbal toothpaste (P = 0.000), and the two groups showed opposite trends (chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test; ****, P = 0.000; ***, P = 0.001; **, P = 0.01;*, P < 0.05)

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