Table 5.

Multivariate analysis

Factor	B	S.E,	Wald	Sig.	Exp (B)	95% C.I. of EXP(B)
						Lower limit	Upper limit
Age	0.466	0.141	10.878	0.001	1.594	1.208	2.103
Causes for dentition loss	2.211	0.999	4.892	0.027	9.120	1.286	64.676
Tooth cleaning method	2.024	1.233	2.697	0.101	7.568	0.676	84.737
Smoking history	2.434	0.996	5.970	0.015	11.402	1.618	80.325
Therapeutic regimen	2.744	1.020	7.233	0.007	15.546	2.105	114.831