Question | Visit (V) | Treatment n = 13 Mean ± SD | Control n = 11 Mean ± SD | Pvalue‡ | |
How many times a day do you now give the child a bottle with something other than water as he/she goes to sleep? | V1 | 2.7 ± 2.1 | 2.5 ± 2.7 | 0.8717 | |
V4 | 2.0 ± 1.9 | 1.8 ± 1.5 | 0.7966 | ||
While awake, how many times a day does the child usually drink or bottle-feed with something other than water as a snack (not including meals)? | V1 | 2.1 ± 2.2 | 3.1 ± 2.7 | 0.3530 | |
V4 | 1.4 ± 1.3 | 2.3 ± 1.7 | 0.1942 | ||
Question | Selected Response | Visit (V) | Treatment n (%) | Control n (%) | Pvalue‡ |
Do you and your child share the same utensils (spoons, forks) during feeding time? | Yes | V1 | 3 (25%) | 3 (27%) | 1.0000 |
V4 | 3 (23%) | 3 (27%) | 1.0000 | ||
Do you chew the child’s food or taste it using the child’s utensil before giving it to the child? | Yes | V1 | 3 (25%) | 2 (18%) | 1.0000 |
V4 | 2 (15%) | 1 (10%) | 1.0000 | ||
Do you use sweet snacks to get the child to behave? | Never | V1 | 10 (77%) | 8 (89%) | 0.6161*/1.0000** |
V4 | 10 (77%) | 7 (78%) | |||
Sometimes | V1 | 3 (23%) | 1 (11%) | ||
V4 | 3 (23%) | 2(22%) | |||
Do you use sweet snacks as a reward for the child? | Never | V1 | 8 (67%) | 7 (78%) | 0.6594*/1.0000** |
V4 | 8 (73%) | 6 (67%) | |||
Sometimes | V1 | 4 (33%) | 2 (22%) | ||
V4 | 3 (27%) | 3 (33%) | |||
How often are the child’s teeth usually cleaned or brushed? | Don’t clean or brush teeth | V1 | 3 (23) | 4 (50%) | 0.9096*/0.1435** |
V4 | 4 (31%) | 3 (33%) | |||
Less than once a week | V1 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0% | ||
V4 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |||
About every other day | V1 | 1 (8%) | 1 (13%) | ||
V4 | 1 (8%) | 1 (11%) | |||
Almost every day | V1 | 3 (23%) | 1 (13%) | ||
V4 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |||
Once a day | V1 | 2 (15%) | 1 (13%) | ||
V4 | 3 (23%) | 5 (56%) | |||
More than once a day | V1 | 3 (23%) | 1 (13%) | ||
V4 | 5 (38%) | 0 (0%) | |||
2x week | V1 | 1 (8%) | 0 (0%) | ||
V4 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |||
Which of the following are used to clean the child’s teeth? | Wash cloth | V1 | 6 (46%) | 3 (33%) | 0.6740*/1.0000** |
V4 | 4 (31%) | 3 (30%) | |||
Finger brush | V1 | 2 (15%) | 2 (22%) | 1.0000*/0.3394** | |
V4 | 4 (31%) | 1 (10%) | |||
Toothpaste | V1 | 3 (23%) | 1 (11%) | 0.6161*/0.4050** | |
V4 | 5 (38%) | 2 (20%) | |||
Child’s toothbrush | V1 | 4 (31%) | 2 (22%) | 1.0000*/1.0000** | |
V4 | 4 (31%) | 3 (30%) | |||
Shared toothbrush | V1 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | – | |
V4 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |||
Has the child’s primary caregiver(s) had toothaches, cavities, or bleeding gums in the past 6 months? | Yes | V1 | 7 (54%) | 8 (89%) | 0.1649*/1.0000** |
V4 | 6 (50%) | 5 (56%) |