Table 4.
self-reported dental appearance, teeth colour satisfaction and desired aesthetic among different educational level
| Variable | Educational level | X2 | P Value | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | Secondary | Post-Secondary | Tertiary | ||||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||||
| Satisfied with teeth appearance | YES | 24 | 77.4 | 35 | 74.5 | 9 | 39.1 | 192 | 66.0 | 10.735 | 0.013* |
| NO | 7 | 22.6 | 12 | 25.5 | 14 | 60.9 | 99 | 34.0 | |||
| Satisfied with tooth colour | YES | 26 | 74.3 | 40 | 80.0 | 10 | 41.7 | 174 | 60.4 | 16.331 | 0.001* |
| NO | 6 | 25.5 | 10 | 20.0 | 14 | 58.3 | 114 | 39.6 | |||
| Felt teeth were crowded | YES | 9 | 30.0 | 12 | 26.1 | 8 | 40.0 | 35 | 12.2 | 18.711 | 0.000* |
| NO | 21 | 70.0 | 34 | 73.9 | 12 | 60.0 | 252 | 87.8 | |||
| Felt teeth were poorly set | YES | 9 | 28.1 | 16 | 32.7 | 9 | 39.1 | 72 | 25.0 | 3.113 | 0.374 |
| NO | 23 | 71.9 | 33 | 67.3 | 14 | 60.9 | 216 | 75.0 | |||
| Felt front teeth were protruding bulging | YES | 7 | 21.9 | 8 | 17.8 | 4 | 18.2 | 38 | 13.4 | 2.228 | 0.526 |
| NO | 25 | 78.1 | 37 | 82.2 | 18 | 81.8 | 246 | 86.6 | |||
| Felt dental caries/holes in teeth | YES | 6 | 18.8 | 5 | 10.2 | 6 | 26.1 | 61 | 21.0 | 3.715 | 0.2943 |
| NO | 26 | 81.2 | 44 | 89.8 | 17 | 73.9 | 229 | 79.0 | |||
| Had non aesthetic restoration in the teeth | YES | 3 | 9.40 | 1 | 2.10 | 4 | 17.4 | 18 | 6.20 | 6.345 | 0.96 |
| NO | 29 | 90.6 | 47 | 97.9 | 19 | 82.6 | 270 | 93.8 | |||
| Perceived fractured front teeth | YES | 4 | 12.5 | 5 | 10.0 | 6 | 33.3 | 53 | 18.3 | 3.582 | 0.310 |
| NO | 28 | 87.5 | 45 | 90.0 | 18 | 66.7 | 237 | 81.7 | |||
| Had missing front teeth | YES | 5 | 16.1 | 6 | 12.2 | 6 | 25.0 | 23 | 7.90 | 8.882 | 0.031* |
| NO | 26 | 83.9 | 43 | 87.8 | 18 | 75.0 | 268 | 92.1 | |||
| Wish to restore back fractured teeth | YES | 17 | 58.6 | 32 | 68.1 | 15 | 62.5 | 193 | 68.7 | 1.501 | 0.682 |
| NO | 12 | 41.4 | 15 | 31.9 | 9 | 37.5 | 88 | 31.3 | |||
| Do you know discoloured teeth can be whitened | YES | 21 | 70.0 | 38 | 79.2 | 17 | 85.0 | 234 | 82.4 | 3.043 | 0.385 |
| NO | 9 | 30.0 | 10 | 20.8 | 3 | 15.0 | 50 | 17.6 | |||
| Wish to undergo Orthodontic treatment | YES | 14 | 48.3 | 15 | 40.5 | 11 | 52.4 | 98 | 36.7 | 3.258 | 0.353 |
| NO | 15 | 51.7 | 22 | 59.5 | 10 | 47.6 | 169 | 63.3 | |||
| Wish to undergo treatment tooth whitened | YES | 18 | 60.0 | 27 | 56.2 | 16 | 72.7 | 163 | 58.6 | 1.885 | 0.597 |
| NO | 12 | 40.0 | 21 | 43.8 | 6 | 27.3 | 115 | 41.4 | |||
| Wish to have dental crown if needed | YES | 5 | 17.9 | 13 | 28.9 | 9 | 47.4 | 75 | 29.5 | 4.752 | 0.191 |
| NO | 23 | 82.1 | 32 | 71.1 | 10 | 52.6 | 179 | 70.5 | |||
| Wish to have tooth colour fillings | YES | 14 | 48.3 | 16 | 34.0 | 10 | 47.6 | 82 | 45.3 | 5.309 | 0.151 |
| NO | 15 | 51.7 | 31 | 66.0 | 11 | 52.4 | 181 | 54.7 | |||
| Wish to have missing teeth replaced | YES | 13 | 46.4 | 17 | 37.0 | 5 | 22.7 | 73 | 27.7 | 5.906 | 0.116 |
| NO | 15 | 53.6 | 29 | 63.0 | 17 | 77.3 | 191 | 72.3 | |||
*
Statistically significant