. 2023 Jan 13;15(1):e33759. doi: 10.7759/cureus.33759

Table 2. Association of age groups with items in the questionnaire regarding dental myths.

*: statistically significant

		Age										χ² value	P-Value
		18-28 years		29-38 years		39-48 years		49-58 years		59-65 years
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
1. Brushing with stiff bristles makes your teeth whiter.	Agree	31	45.60%	16	23.50%	13	19.10%	5	7.40%	3	4.40%	2.72	0.606
1. Brushing with stiff bristles makes your teeth whiter.	Disagree	186	51.00%	76	20.80%	54	14.80%	40	11.00%	9	2.50%	2.72	0.606
2. Using miswak only is enough, and there is no need for a toothbrush and paste.	Agree	26	32.90%	15	19.00%	21	26.60%	13	16.50%	4	5.10%	18.895	0.001*
	Disagree	191	54.00%	77	21.80%	46	13.00%	32	9.00%	8	2.30%	18.895	0.001*
3. When gums bleed, it is better not to brush your teeth.	Agree	69	59.50%	15	12.90%	11	9.50%	16	13.80%	5	4.30%	14.724	0.005*
3. When gums bleed, it is better not to brush your teeth.	Disagree	148	46.70%	77	24.30%	56	17.70%	29	9.10%	7	2.20%	14.724	0.005*
4. Removal of calculus leads to the loosening of teeth.	Agree	44	51.80%	18	21.20%	16	18.80%	3	3.50%	4	4.70%	7.046	0.133
4. Removal of calculus leads to the loosening of teeth.	Disagree	173	49.70%	74	21.30%	51	14.70%	42	12.10%	8	2.30%	7.046	0.133
5. Using home stuff such as coal and salt makes your teeth whiter.	Agree	47	54.00%	17	19.50%	10	11.50%	12	13.80%	1	1.10%	3.84	0.428
	Disagree	170	49.10%	75	21.70%	57	16.50%	33	9.50%	11	3.20%	3.84	0.428
6. Candy is the only cause of tooth decay.	Agree	24	43.60%	11	20.00%	12	21.80%	5	9.10%	3	5.50%	3.952	0.412
6. Candy is the only cause of tooth decay.	Disagree	193	51.10%	81	21.40%	55	14.60%	40	10.60%	9	2.40%	3.952	0.412
7. Decay is hereditary.	Agree	28	35.90%	28	35.90%	14	17.90%	6	7.70%	2	2.60%	14.507	0.006*
7. Decay is hereditary.	Disagree	189	53.20%	64	18.00%	53	14.90%	39	11.00%	10	2.80%	14.507	0.006*
8. For toothache, the best treatment is tooth extraction.	Agree	25	55.60%	4	8.90%	10	22.20%	5	11.10%	1	2.20%	5.464	0.243
8. For toothache, the best treatment is tooth extraction.	Disagree	192	49.50%	88	22.70%	57	14.70%	40	10.30%	11	2.80%	5.464	0.243
9. If you have pain in a particular tooth, placing a painkiller tablet on it reduces the pain.	Agree	89	59.70%	24	16.10%	20	13.40%	10	6.70%	6	4.00%	11.888	0.018*
	Disagree	128	45.10%	68	23.90%	47	16.50%	35	12.30%	6	2.10%	11.888	0.018*
10. There is no need to take care of baby teeth because they will fall off anyway.	Agree	14	73.70%	3	15.80%	2	10.50%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	5.411	0.24
	Disagree	203	49.00%	89	21.50%	65	15.70%	45	10.90%	12	2.90%	5.411	0.24
11. Placing of milk bottle inside the mouth of the baby during sleep does not harm teeth.	Agree	45	56.20%	13	16.20%	13	16.20%	6	7.50%	3	3.80%	3.058	0.548
	Disagree	172	48.70%	79	22.40%	54	15.30%	39	11.00%	9	2.50%	3.058	0.548
12. Teething causes fever.	Agree	162	46.70%	80	23.10%	55	15.90%	39	11.20%	11	3.20%	9.154	0.057
12. Teething causes fever.	Disagree	55	64.00%	12	14.00%	12	14.00%	6	7.00%	1	1.20%	9.154	0.057
13. No dental treatment should be done during pregnancy.	Agree	60	51.70%	31	26.70%	16	13.80%	8	6.90%	1	0.90%	6.556	0.161
13. No dental treatment should be done during pregnancy.	Disagree	157	49.50%	61	19.20%	51	16.10%	37	11.70%	11	3.50%	6.556	0.161
14. During pregnancy, the baby absorbs calcium from the teeth and bones of their mother.	Agree	161	47.10%	76	22.20%	58	17.00%	36	10.50%	11	3.20%	7.24	0.124
	Disagree	56	61.50%	16	17.60%	9	9.90%	9	9.90%	1	1.10%	7.24	0.124