Table 3.

Association between nursing caries knowledge and gender

Questions	Answers	Male (%)	Female (%)	p value
What do you think is the most common cause of early childhood caries?	• High sugar intake	66.7	61.2	0.937
	• Improper oral hygiene	18.5	24.6
	• Congenital factors	7.4	8.7
	• Decrease salivary flow	3.7	2.5
	• Abnormal eruption of the primary teeth	3.7	2.2
	• All the above	0.0	0.7
From your point of view can early child-hood caries affect permanent teeth in the future?	Yes	59.3	49.6	0.140
	• Maybe	11.1	26.4
	• I don't know	7.4	12.0
	• No	22.2	12.0
Do you think that bottle-feeding children(milk or sugary liquid) during bedtime can increase the incidence of caries devel-opment?	Yes	51.9	71.0	0.003
	• Maybe	40.7	12.3
	• I don't know	0.0	5.1
	• No	7.4	11.6
Do you think oral hygiene follow-up is important in preschool children or infants?	Yes	81.5	84.4	0.552
	• Maybe	14.8	8.3
	• I don't know	0.0	1.8
	• No	3.7	5.4
When do you think is the proper timeto follow up with your children's oralhygiene?	<1 year	3.7	35.9	0.002
	• 1–2 years	48.1	23.9
	• 2–3 years	18.5	14.5
	• 3–4 years	14.8	13.0
	• 45 years	7.4	7.2
	• 56 years	7.4	1.8
	• >6 years	0.0	3.6
When do you think is the proper time for your child to visit a dentist?	<1 year	0.0	7.2	0.116
	1–2 years	14.8	18.5
	• 2–3 years	14.8	22.8
	• 3–4 years	18.5	9.1
	• 4–5 years	18.5	8.3
	• 5–6 years	7.4	6.2
	• >6 years	14.8	7.2
	• When needed	11.1	20.7