Table 1.

Sociodemographics, dental health and oral hygiene behaviours of programme participants prior to the intervention

Parent participant	% (count)
Relationship to child (n = 67)
Mother	87 (58)
Other (father or grandmother)	13 (9)
Race/ethnicity (n = 64)
White non-Hispanic	67 (43)
Other non-Hispanic	8 (5)
Hispanic or Latino, any race	25 (16)
Age (n = 65)
<18 years	17 (11)
18–19 years	13 (9)
20–29 years	45 (29)
30 years or older	25 (16)
Formal education (n = 64)
Less than high school	36 (23)
High school graduate	30 (19)
Training beyond high school	25 (16)
College graduate	9 (6)
Self-rated dental health status (n = 65)
Excellent, very good or good	78 (51)
Fair or poor	22 (14)
Child in age range for the study
Gender (n = 67)
Male	51 (34)
Female	49 (33)
Age (n = 67)
<12 months	21 (14)
12–23 months	26 (17)
24–35 months	19 (13)
36–47 months	19 (13)
48 months or older	15 (10)
Parent-rated dental health status (n = 65)
Excellent, very good or good	85 (55)
Fair or poor	15 (10)
Child has received a dental visit (n = 56)
Yes, at least once	41 (23)
Not yet, but scheduled	18 (10)
No, never	41 (23)
Parent reports brushing twice daily is realistic (n = 64)
Yes	94 (60)
No	6 (4)
Frequency of home tooth brushing (n = 67)
Not yet brushing	9 (6)
Once day or less	39 (26)
Twice a day or more	52 (35)
Who typically brushes the child’s teeth (n = 61)
Parent brushes the child’s teeth	34 (21)
Child brushes for him/herself	10 (6)
Parent and child brush the child’s teeth together	56 (34)