|
Oral hygiene habits
|
Oral health status markers
|
|---|
| |
(n, %)
| |
(n, %)
|
|---|
|
Brushing habits
|
Missing teeth
|
|
≤ Weekly
|
18 (3.5%)
|
1
|
72 (13.9%)
|
|
1 × a day
|
154 (29.7%)
|
2 or 3
|
39 (7.5%)
|
|
2 × a day
|
308 (59.5%)
|
More than 3
|
32 (6.2%)
|
|
> 2 × a day
|
38 (7.3%)
| | |
|
Type of toothbrush
|
Dental caries
|
|
Electronic
|
178 (34.4%)
|
1
|
68 (13.1%)
|
|
Manual, extra soft
|
32 (6.2%)
|
2 or 3
|
118 (22.8%)
|
|
Manual, firm
|
25 (4.8%)
|
More than 3
|
189 (36.5%)
|
|
Manual, medium
|
123 (23.7%)
| | |
|
Manual, soft
|
153 (29.5%)
| | |
|
Others
|
7 (1.4%)
| | |
|
Mouthwash use
|
Toothache
|
|
< weekly/never
|
313 (60.0%)
|
Previously, but not in last 12 months
|
158 (30.1%)
|
|
Weekly
|
80 (15.4%)
|
Sometimes
|
125 (24.1%)
|
|
1 × a day
|
69 (13.3%)
|
Never
|
235 (45.4%)
|
|
2 × a day
|
56 (10.8%)
| | |
|
Combined frequency use of floss
|
Bad breath
|
|
< weekly/never
|
210 (40.5%)
|
Don’t answer
|
37 (7.1%)
|
|
Weekly
|
152 (29.3%)
|
No
|
149 (28.8%)
|
|
1 × a day
|
114 (22.0%)
|
Yes, but infrequently
|
287 (55.4%)
|
|
≥ 2 × a day
|
42 (8.1%)
|
Yes, regularly
|
45 (8.7%)
|
|
Use of chewing-gum
|
Bleeding (yes)
|
247 (47.7%)
|
|
< weekly/never
|
370 (71.4%)
| | |
|
Weekly
|
50 (9.7%)
| | |
|
1 × a day
|
53 (10.2%)
| | |
|
2 × a day
|
45 (8.7%)
| | |
|
Tongue cleaning
|
Dry mouth
|
|
< weekly/never
|
228 (44.0%)
|
I don’t know
|
38
(7.3%)
|
|
Weekly
|
69 (13.3%)
|
No
|
282 (54.4%)
|
|
1 × a day
|
109 (21.0%)
|
Yes, but infrequently
|
139 (26.8%)
|
|
2 × a day
|
112 (21.6%)
|
Yes, regularly
|
59 (11.4%)
|
|
Frequency of dental visit
| | |
|
> 1 × a year
|
127 (24.5%)
| | |
|
1 × a year
|
186 (35.9%)
| | |
|
≤ 1 × few years
|
122 (23.6%)
| | |
|
Occasionally*
|
83 (16.0%)
| | |
|
Dental visit for cleaning
| | |
|
> 1 × a year
|
120 (23.2%)
| | |
|
1 × a year
|
190 (36.7%)
| | |
|
≤ 1 × few years
|
122 (23.6%)
| | |
|
Occasionally*
|
86 (16.6%)
| | |
- Occasionally*-dental visit only when experienced pain or needed
