Table 2.
Parental Acceptability Ratings for Five Early Childhood Caries Preventive Agents
| Treatment: N = 211 |
Heard of treatment prior to study |
Dichotomous Rating by Age |
Acceptability Rating (1-5 scale) |
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| % yes |
Friedman Chi Square 317.6 (a) *** |
OK for 1-2 year old % yes |
OK for 3-5 year old % yes |
Wilcoxon Signed Rank test between age groups(b) |
Mean (SD) | Friedman Chi Square 23.4 (a) *** |
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| Child treatments |
Wilcoxon Signed Rank (b) |
Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test (b) |
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| Fluoride varnish |
60 | >Brushing*, CHX*, Food*, Gum* |
72 | 98 | * | 4.8 (.65) | >Food* |
| Brushing with fluoride toothpaste |
45 | >CHX*, Food*, Gum* |
65 | 99 | *** | 4.8 (.66) | >Food* |
| Xylitol in food |
1 | -- | 78 | 91 | -- | 4.6 (.94) | -- |
| Mother Treatments |
OK for Mother (% yes) |
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| Xylitol in gum |
9 | >Food* | 98 | -- | -- | 4.7 (.68) | -- |
| CHX | 6 | >Food* | 100 | -- | -- | 4.9 (.37) | >Food* |
***
p < 0.001
*
p < 0.05
(a) ***
p < 0.001
(b)
with Bonferroni-Holm correction
Brushing = tooth brushing with fluoride toothpaste , CHX = Chlorhexidine mouth rinse; Food = Xylitol in food; Gum= Xylitol gum