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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 7.
Published in final edited form as: Spec Care Dentist. 2013 Nov 19;34(4):185–192. doi: 10.1111/scd.12057

Table 2.

Use of professional dental services and home oral hygiene (n = 90).

Percent (count) or Mean ± SD
Professional dental services
Dental visit (ever) 80 (72)
Has personal dentist 58 (52)
Preventive dental visit in past 12 months
 None 21 (19)
 1 32 (29)
 2 38 (34)
 3 8 (7)
 4 1 (1)
Home oral hygiene
Started brushing (yes) 98 (88)
Age started (months) 11.95 ± 6.52
Brushing frequency (if started)
 <1 time / day 5 (4)
 1–2 times / day 45 (40)
 ≥ 2 times / day 50 (44)
Uses fluoridated toothpaste (if started brushing) 62 (53)