Table 2.

Characteristics of Study Participants Regarding Various Aspects of Dental Care Utilization

		n	%
Self-rated oral health	Good	169	38.8
	Poor	267	61.2
Importance of oral health compared to other body parts	Yes	293	67.6
	No	143	32.4
Frequency of visits in last year	Zero	178	40.5
	Once or twice	110	25.2
	More than twice	148	33.9
Cost of dental services for household	High	402	92.2
	Middle	33	5.8
	Low	1	0.2
Visited dentist in past 12 months	Yes	258	59.2
	No	178	40.8
Visit dentist for checkup every 6 months	Yes	63	14.7
	No	365	58.3
Source of dental treatment	Dentist	307	70.4
	Self-medication	82	18.8
	Herbal treatment Others	33 14	7.6 3.2
Regular brushing	Yes	330	76.6
	No	101	23.4
Unmet dental care needa	Yes	189	44.1
	No	240	55.9

Note: ^aSuffered dental pain, but did not visit dentist.