Table 3.

Correlation matrix for oral hygiene practices and oral health status

Oral hygiene practices	Gingival Score		Plaque Score		DMFT		dmft
	p-value	rs-value	p-value	rs-value	p-value	rs-value	p-value	rs-value
Frequency of toothbrushing	0.31	0.12	0.42	0.02	0.53	1.00	0.09	0.01
Adjunct toothbrush devices
Wooden toothpicks	0.15	0.08	0.81	0.02	0.09	0.04	0.06	0.01
Plastic Toothpicks	0.93	0.04	0.45	0.06	0.58	0.01	0.20	0.04
Dental Floss	0.06	0.13	0.34	0.07	0.05	0.04	0.18	0.05
Charcoal	0.13	0.20	0.53	0.05	0.06	0.05	0.20	0.04
Chew stick/mswaki	0.09	0.01	0.70	0.03	0.23	0.09	0.13	0.09
Use of fluoridate toothpaste	0.76	0.18	0.08	0.09	0.27	0.06	0.25	0.06
Mouth rinsing after meals	0.13	0.06	0.08	0.08	0.20	0.09	0.18	0.09
Frequency of toothbrush replacement	< 0.001*	0.50	0.05	0.05	0.51	0.08	0.08	0.08

^*p ≤ 0.05