Table 3.

Factors associated with first visit to the dentist.

Independent variables	Late visit∗		Never visited∗
	OR	[95% CI]	OR	[95% CI]
Gender
Female	1.00	[Reference]	1.00	[Reference]
Male	0.57	[0.21–1.54]	0.42	[0.12–1.47]
Citizenship
Citizen	1.00	[Reference]	1.00	[Reference]
Resident	1.11	[0.50–2.46]	1.65	[0.69–3.95]
Age group
24 & under	7.00	[0.60–81.68]	27.00	[1.26–57.35]
25–34	2.05	[0.46–9.01]	6.00	[0.58–61.84]
35–44	3.15	[0.71–13.90]	5.62	[0.54–58.57]
45–54	1.85	[0.36–9.36]	2.57	[0.20–31.71]
55 & older	1.00	[Reference]	1.00	[Reference]
Level of education
Bachelor & above	0.87	[0.44–1.75]	1.09	[0.49–2.40]
High school & under	1.00	[Reference]	1.00	[Reference]
Employment
No	2.11	[1.10–4.05]	2.28	[1.08–4.79]
Yes	1.00	[Reference]	1.00	[Reference]
Location
North	0.69	[0.27–1.76]	0.59	[0.20–1.74]
South	0.56	[0.16–1.92]	1.58	[0.43–5.75]
East	1.07	[0.19–5.89]	1.50	[0.23–9.44]
Middle	1.61	[0.50–5.18]	1.08	[0.28–4.08]
Out of Jeddah	1.00	[Reference]	1.00	[Reference]
Brush dependent teeth
Yes	1.00	[Reference]	1.00	[Reference]
No	2.28	[1.01–5.14]	2.81	[1.16–6.81]
Dependent OH
Excellent	0.60	[0.20–1.78]	2.93	[0.64–13.32]
Fair	2.00	[0.66–6.05]	3.88	[0.82–18.39]
Poor	1.00	[Reference]	1.00	[Reference]
Source of OH info
Social media	1.03	[0.27–3.85]	1.63	[0.24–11.07]
Healthcare providers	1.66	[0.48–5.72]	2.21	[0.36–13.47]
Campaign	1.40	[0.31–6.23]	4.00	[0.53–29.80]
Internet	3.27	[0.80–13.41]	13.33	[1.99–89.31]
Posters	1.00	[Reference]	1.00	[Reference]
Reason for 1st visit
Pain	1.75	[0.31–9.86]
Check up	0.56	[0.11–2.81]
Cavities	1.79	[0.34–9.41]
Fluoride	0.16	[0.02–0.94]
Extraction of baby teeth	1.00	[Reference]
Number of dependents	1.26	[0.95–1.67]	0.68	[0.48–0.98]
Relation to the dependent
Parents	1.52	[0.47–4.91]	2.53	[0.54–11.87]
Sibling	3.07	[0.29–31.98]	4.00	[0.26–60.32]
Grandparents	1.00	[Reference]	1.00	[Reference]
Dependent behaviour
Positive	1.00	[Reference]	1.00	[Reference]
Negative	1.07	[0.54–2.10]

^∗Compared with early visit.