Table 5.

Mothers’ Reasons for Commencing Regular Tooth Brushing with Each Child

Reason	All Children		For Children Who Ever had Infant Oral Hygiene		For Children Who Only had Regular Tooth Brushing
	N	%	N	%	N	%
	N = 69		N = 35		N = 34
Dental Maturity and/or Food	28	41%	17	49%	11	32%
Child Interest/Role Model	10	14%	5	14%	5	15%
External Suggestion	11	16%	3	9%	8	24%
Child Capacity	8	12%	8	23%	0	0%
Child Size/Age	3	4%	1	3%	2	6%
Poor Hygiene or Other Oral Problem	2	3%	0	0%	2	6%
Other	7	10%	1	3%	6	18%