Table 2.
Percentage of Nigerian dental students complying with various oral health behaviours according to their level of knowledge of preventive dental care
| Oral health behaviour | Total |
Knowledge |
P value |
Attitude |
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Good |
Poor |
Positive |
Negative |
||||
| n=85 | n=94 | n=97 | n=82 | ||||
| Tooth brushing more than once a day |
85 |
45 |
40 |
0.69 |
49.5 |
45.1 |
0.56 |
| Use of fluoridated toothpaste always |
171 |
89 |
82 |
0.42 |
94.8 |
91.5 |
0.63 |
| Between meal sugar consumption less than once daily |
85 |
53 |
32 |
*0.005 |
47.4 |
47.6 |
0.99 |
| Dental flossing at least once a day |
13 |
6 |
7 |
0.70 |
10.3 |
3.7 |
0.09 |
| Dental check up within past year |
119 |
59 |
60 |
0.49 |
66.0 |
67.0 |
0.88 |
| Dental check-up by dentists or classmates |
139 |
67 |
72 |
0.11 |
77.3 |
80.4 |
0.40 |
| Non smoking |
175 |
90 |
85 |
0.96 |
96.9 |
98.7 |
0.40 |
| Recommended oral self care | 44 | 28 | 16 | 0.14 | 24.7 | 24.3 | 0.95 |