Table 2.
Oral hygiene and oral healthcare practices for mothers and infants (n = 145).
| Variable | Community | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | Total | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Mother started brushing baby's gums or teethae | ||||
| Yes | 13 (68.4) | 53 (84.1) | 42 (76.4) | 108 (78.8) |
| No | 6 (31.6) | 10 (15.9) | 11 (20) | 27 (19.7) |
| Baby's age (months) when mother started brushing gums/teethbe | ||||
| <2 | — | 12 (24) | 6 (15) | 18 (18) |
| 2–4 | 3 (30) | 10 (20) | 5 (12.5) | 18 (18) |
| >4–6 | 6 (60) | 14 (28) | 7 (17.5) | 27 (27) |
| >6–8 | 1 (10) | 7 (14) | 14 (35) | 22 (22) |
| >8 | — | 7 (14) | 8 (20) | 15 (15) |
| Baby's first tooth had appearedae | ||||
| Yes | 18 (90) | 52 (82.5) | 44 (77.2) | 114 (81.4) |
| No | 2 (10) | 10 (15.9) | 12 (21.1) | 24 (17.1) |
| Baby's age (months) when first tooth appearedce | ||||
| <6 | 11 (84.6) | 31 (66.0) | 26 (61.9) | 68 (66.7) |
| 7–12 | 2 (15.4) | 16 (34.0) | 16 (38.1) | 34 (33.3) |
| Mother had taken the baby to see a dentistace | ||||
| Yes | 3 (17.7) | 15 (29.4) | 13 (30.2) | 31 (27.9) |
| No | 14 (82.4) | 35 (68.6) | 30 (69.8) | 79 (71.2) |
| Baby's age (months) when first saw a dentistde | ||||
| <6 | — | — | 1 (7.7) | 1 (3.2) |
| 7–12 | 1 (33.3) | 6 (40) | 4 (30.8) | 11 (35.5) |
| 13–18 | 1 (33.3) | 1 (6.7) | 2 (15.4) | 4 (12.9) |
| ≥19 | 1 (33.3) | 6 (40) | 5 (38.5) | 12 (38.7) |
aLevels of five or fewer observations were omitted.
bAsked only to women who had started brushing baby's gums or teeth, n = 108.
cAsked only to women whose baby's first tooth appeared, n = 114.
dAsked only to women whose baby's first tooth appeared and took the baby to see a dentist, n = 28.
eMissing data were omitted from all analyses.