Table 4: Knowledge and attitude characteristics by place of practice

				Practice area
				City/big village (%)		Small village (%)		p-value
Age when a child can properly brush their teeth		After 5 years		25.3		69.2		0.001
		Before 5 years		74.7		30.8
Teeth are affected when they show		White spots		13.8		30.8		0.054
		Black spots		58.6		69.2
		Both		27.6		0
Believe that overnight bottle-fed children get ECC		Yes		93.1		92.3		0.916
Believe that overnight breastfeeding is associated with ECC		Yes		26.4		61.5		0.011
Bacteria responsible for dental caries MTCT		Yes		63.2		53.8		0.516
Familiar with dental fissure sealants		Yes		55.2		46.2		0.543
Believe that fluoride is effective in prevention		Yes		88.5		92.3		0.683
Believe that fluoride is safe in prevention		Yes		77.0		61.5		0.229
Believe that a relationship exists between eruption of primary		Yes		69.0		69.2		0.985
teeth and systemic manifestations

MTCT: Mother-to-child transmission; ECG: Early childhood caries