Table 1.
Dental health status, behavior and attitude
| Variable | Indonesia1
(N=231) N (%) |
Malaysia2
(N=1023) N (%) |
Myanmar1
(N=482) N (%) |
Thailand2
(N=791) N (%) |
Vietnam1
(N=817) N (%) |
All
(N=3,344) N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toothache | ||||||
| Never | 74 (32.0) | 322 (31.5) | 182 (37.8) | 424 (53.6) | 158 (19.3) | 1,160 (34.7) |
| Rarely | 65 (28.1) | 443 (43.3) | 161 (33.4) | 282 (35.7) | 308 (37.7) | 1,259 (37.6) |
| Sometimes/most of the time/always | 92 (39.8) | 258 (25.2) | 139 (28.8) | 85 (10.7) | 351 (43.0) | 925 (27.7) |
| Cavities | ||||||
| None | 75 (32.5) | 302 (29.5) | 267 (55.6) | 187 (23.9) | 312 (38.2) | 1,143 (34.3) |
| 1 or more | 149 (64.5) | 256 (25.0) | 155 (32.3) | 368 (47.0) | 384 (47.0) | 1,312 (39.4) |
| Do not know | 7 (3.0) | 465 (45.5) | 58 (12.1) | 228 (29.1) | 121 (14.8) | 879 (26.4) |
| Tooth brushing | ||||||
| <once a day | 7 (3.0) | 4 (0.4) | 8 (1.7) | 6 (0.8) | 12 (1.5) | 37 (1.1) |
| Once a day | 4 (1.7) | 168 (16.4) | 241 (50.1) | 48 (6.1) | 181 (22.2) | 642 (19.2) |
| Twice or more a day | 220 (95.2) | 851 (83.2) | 232 (48.2) | 736 (93.2) | 623 (76.3) | 2,662 (79.7) |
| Use of tooth picks | ||||||
| <once a day | 199 (86.1) | 832 (81.3) | 420 (88.2) | 537 (67.9) | 622 (76.1) | 2,610 (78.2) |
| Once a day | 26 (11.3) | 91 (8.9) | 42 (8.8) | 131 (16.6) | 86 (10.5) | 376 (11.3) |
| Twice or more a day | 6 (2.6) | 100 (9.8) | 14 (2.9) | 123 (15.5) | 109 (13.3) | 352 (10.5) |
| Dental visit | ||||||
| Never/do not know | 67 (29.0) | 263 (25.7) | 237 (49.8) | 232 (29.4) | 231 (28.3) | 1,030 (30.9) |
| >1 year ago | 46 (19.9) | 395 (38.6) | 231 (48.5) | 191 (24.2) | 198 (24.3) | 1,061 (31.8) |
| ≤1 year | 118 (51.1) | 365 (35.7) | 8 (1.7) | 367 (46.5) | 386 (47.4) | 1,244 (37.3) |
| Benefits of tooth brushing | ||||||
| Low | 83 (35.9) | 341 (33.3) | 231 (47.9) | 97 (12.3) | 295 (36.1) | 1,047 (31.3) |
| Medium | 30 (13.0) | 187 (18.3) | 84 (17.4) | 42 (5.3) | 186 (22.8) | 529 (15.8) |
| High | 118 (51.1) | 495 (48.4) | 167 (34.6) | 652 (82.4) | 336 (41.1) | 1,768 (52.9) |
1 Lower middle income country; 2 Upper middle income country.28)