Table 2.
Guardian-reported child oral health-related behavior information in the ZOE 2.0 study sample, overall and stratified by child reported oral health status.
| Reported child oral health status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All participants* | Excellent/very good/good | Fair/poor | ||
| n (column %) | n (row %) | n (row %) | P | |
| Entire sample | 7,965 (100) | 6,734 (85) | 1,231 (15) | |
| Pattern of modifiable child oral health-related behaviors † | <0.0005 | |||
| Favorable | 5,883 (74) | 5,131 (87) | 752 (13) | |
| Unfavorable | 2,078 (26) | 1,600 (77) | 478 (23) | |
| Tooth brushing frequency | <0.0005 | |||
| Twice a day or more | 4,940 (62) | 4,293 (87) | 647 (13) | |
| Less than twice a day | 3,011 (38) | 2,431 (81) | 580 (19) | |
| Adult involvement in tooth brushing | 0.172 | |||
| Yes | 4,777 (60) | 4,015 (84) | 762 (16) | |
| No | 3,180 (40) | 2,711 (85) | 469 (15) | |
| Use of fluoridated toothpaste | 0.155 | |||
| Yes | 6,073 (77) | 5,162 (85) | 911 (15) | |
| No | 848 (11) | 713 (84) | 135 (16) | |
| I do not know | 980 (12) | 804 (82) | 176 (18) | |
| Child has a dental home | <0.0005 | |||
| Yes | 6,544 (84) | 5,699 (87) | 845 (13) | |
| No | 1,267 (16) | 907 (72) | 360 (28) | |
| Between-meal sugar-containing snacks and beverages daily consumption | <0.0005 | |||
| ≥2 | 5,713 (72) | 4,757 (83) | 956 (17) | |
| <2 | 2,235 (28) | 1,962 (88) | 273 (12) | |
*
94 participants (1.2% of the entire study population) were excluded from presentation and analysis due to missing information in the reported child oral health status questionnaire item.
†
Derived from latent class analysis of responses to 6 modifiable oral health behavior questionnaire items, as reported by Simancas-Pallares et al. (30).