Table 3.

Oral hygiene and Dental Disease Measures

Variable	All Sites	BWH	UPENN	CMC	UConn	NYU	P-value
Number of people	353	95	104	69	38	47
How often brush:							0.6790
More than once/day	275 (77.7%)	73 (76.8%)	84 (80.8%)	56 (81.2%)	26 (68.4%)	36 (76.6%)
Once/day	64 (18.4%)	17 (17.9%)	17 (16.3%)	10 (14.5%)	11 (28.9%)	9 (19.1%)
4–6X/week	5 (1.4%)	2 (2.1%)	1 (1.0%)	1 (1.5%)	1 (2.6%)	0 (0%)
1–3X/week	8 (2.3%)	3 (3.2%)	2 (1.9%)	2 (2.9%)	0 (0%)	1 (2.1%)
Less than 1X/week	1 (0.3%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (2.1%)
Dental Floss:							0.0015
More than once/day	67 (18.9%)	19 (20.0%)	18 (17.3%)	20 (29.0%)	1 (2.6%)	9 (19.1%)
Once/day	110 (31.1%)	35 (36.8%)	35 (33.7%)	19 (27.5%)	12 (31.6%)	9 (19.1%)
4–6X/week	23 (6.5%)	10 (10.5%)	8 (7.7%)	4 (5.8%)	1 (2.6%)	0 (0%)
1–3X/week	65 (18.4%)	17 (17.9%)	20 (19.2%)	13 (18.8%)	6 (15.8%)	9 (19.1%)
Less than 1X/week	88 (24.9%)	14 (14.7%)	23 (22.1%)	13 (18.8%)	18 (47.4%)	20 (42.6%)
Health of Gums:							0.1794
Excellent	48 (13.6%)	17 (17.9%)	14 (13.5%)	9 (13.0%)	4 (10.5%)	4 (8.51%)
Good	208 (58.8%)	58 (61.1%)	61 (58.7%)	43 (62.3%)	17 (44.7%)	29 (61.7%)
Fair	78 (22.0%)	17 (17.9%)	27 (26.0%)	12 (17.4%)	12 (31.6%)	10 (21.3%)
Poor	14 (4.0%)	3 (3.2%)	2 (1.9%)	4 (5.8%)	3 (7.9%)	2 (4.3%)
Very Poor	5 (1.4%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (1.5%)	2 (5.3%)	2 (4.3%)
Do you use supplemental fluoride:							0.0005
Yes	144 (40.7%)	49 (51.6%)	61 (58.7%)	23 (33.3%)	8 (21.1%)	6 (12.8%)
No	206 (58.2%)	46 (48.4%)	42 (40.4%)	46 (66.7%)	30 (78.9%)	39 (83.0%)
Not Sure	3 (0.8%)	0 (0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	2 (4.3%)
Do you have problems with your teeth?							0.2214
Not at All	234 (66.1%)	65 (68.4%)	67 (64.4%)	49 (71.0%)	20 (52.6%)	33 (70.2%)
A Little	84 (23.7%)	17 (17.9%)	30 (28.8%)	13 (18.8%)	13 (34.2%)	11 (23.4%)
Quite a Bit	23 (6.5%)	11 (11.6%)	5 (4.8%)	4 (5.8%)	2 (5.3%)	1 (2.1%)
Very Much	12 (3.4%)	2 (2.1%)	2 (1.9%)	3 (4.4%)	3 (7.9%)	2 (4.3%)
Routine Check up/Cleaning
Yes	254 (72.8%)	80 (84.2%)	85 (81.7%)	36 (52.2%)	25 (65.8%)	28 (59.6%)	<.0001
No	100 (28.3%)	15 (15.8%)	19 (18.3%)	33 (47.8%)	13 (34.2%)	19 (40.4%)