Table 3.

Self-Reported Other Oral Health Behaviors at Baseline and Two Follow-Up Points

	Pretest (Baseline) (N=105)	Posttest1 (1 month) (n=95)	Posttest2 (4 months) (n=79)	Within-person change between Pretest and Posttest1	Within-person change between Posttest1 and Posttest
OTHER ORAL HEALTH BEHAVIORS
Check the child’s teeth each month (“lift the lip”)	76 (75%) n=103	94(99%) n=95	72 (95%) n=76	↑ p<0.0001	→ p= 0.1797
Child ingests sweet drinks once a day or less	35 (33%) n=105	73 (77%) n=95	48 (63%) n=76	↑ p=0.0082	→ p= 0.1306
Child eats sweet foods less than every day	42 (40%) n=104	45 (47%) n=95	37 (49%) n=76	→ p= 0.2568	→ p= 0.8575

↑ Statistically significant improvement

→ No statistically significant change