Table 5.
Students’ awareness and knowledge about cigarettes smoking effects on oral health (N = 547)
| Awareness and knowledge questions | Responses N (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agree | Disagree | Don’t know | |||||||
| Male N (%) | Female N (%) | Total N (%) | Male N (%) | Female N (%) | Total N (%) | Male N (%) | Female N (%) | Total N (%) | |
| Cigarettes smoking is less harmful to oral health than Waterpipe smoking | 54(35.8) | 164(41.6) | 218(40.0) | 87(57.6) | 189(48.0) | 276(50.6) | 10(6.6) | 41(10.4) | 51(9.4) |
| Cigarettes smoking transfers infectious diseases | 60 (39.7) | 179 (45.4) | 239 (43.9) | 75 (49.7) | 160 (40.6) | 235 (43.1) | 16 (10.6) | 55 (14.0) | 71 (13.0) |
| Cigarettes smoking is a risk factor for oral cancer | 122 (80.8) | 345(87.6) | 467 (85.7) | 12 (7.9) | 13 (3.3) | 25 (4.6) | 17 (11.3) | 36 (9.1) | 53 (9.7) |
| Cigarettes smoking may aggregate the inflammation of gum tissues | 132 (87.4) | 359(91.3) | 491 (90.3) | 9 (6.0) | 13 (3.3) | 22 (4.0) | 10 (6.6) | 21 (5.3) | 31 (5.7) |
| Cigarettes smoking increases the incidence of dry sockets | 114 (75.5) | 311(78.7) | 425 (77.8) | 9 (6.0) | 18 (4.6) | 27 (4.9) | 28 (18.5) | 66 (16.7) | 94 (17.2) |
| Cigarettes smoking causes teeth and oral tissues staining | 134 (88.7) | 372(94.2) | 506 (92.7) | 4 (2.6) | 10 (2.5) | 14 (2.6) | 13 (8.6) | 13 (3.3) | 26 (4.8) |
| Cigarettes smoking causes halitosis | 129 (86.6) | 368 (93.4) | 497 (91.5) | 9 (6.0) | 9 (2.3) | 18 (3.3) | 11 (7.4) | 17 (4.3) | 28 (5.2) |
| Cigarettes smoking delays wound healing time | 96 (63.6) | 255 (64.7) | 351 (64.4) | 22 (14.6) | 42 (10.7) | 64 (11.7) | 33 (21.9) | 97 (24.6) | 130 (23.9) |
| Cigarettes smoking is associated with dental implant failure | 84 (55.6) | 236 (59.9) | 320 (58.7) | 17 (11.3) | 20 (5.1) | 37 (6.8) | 49 (32.5) | 138 (35.0) | 187 (34.3) |
| Cigarettes smoking increases risk of dental decay | 99 (65.6) | 291 (73.9) | 390 (71.6) | 23 (15.2) | 40 (10.2) | 63 (11.6) | 29 (19.2) | 63 (16.0) | 92 (16.9) |