Oral Health-Related Risk Factors Among Students in Southeast Serbia

Marija D. Bojović; Ljiljana G. Kesić; Aleksandar N. Mitić; Biljana Kocić; Radmila R. Obradović; Aleksandra Ignjatović; Nina Burić; Marija Jovanović; Milica S. Petrović

doi:10.12659/MSM.929375

17 February 2021 : Clinical Research

Oral Health-Related Risk Factors Among Students in Southeast Serbia

Marija D. Bojović^1ABDEF, Ljiljana G. Kesić^1ADF*, Aleksandar N. Mitić^2AE, Biljana Kocić^3DE, Radmila R. Obradović^1DEF, Aleksandra Ignjatović^4CD, Nina Burić^5EF, Marija Jovanović^6BEF, Milica S. Petrović^1ADEF

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.929375

Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e929375

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Table 3 Health risk behaviors, disorders, medication use, smoke habits among students.

Questions	Total		Group1		Group 2		P*
Questions	N	%	N	%	N	%	P*
How often do you consume sweets?
Every day
Periodically	82	20.71	33	17.74	49	23.33
Rarely	60	15.15	31	16.67	29	13.81
Never	4	1.01	3	1.61	1	0.48
Do you have a tooth sensitivity to cold, sweet, etc?
Every day	10	2.53	7	3.76	3	1.43	0.377
Periodically	59	14.90	24	12.90	35	16.67
Rarely
Never	91	22.98	43	23.12	48	22.86
Do you smoke actively?
Every day	85	21.46	38	20.43	47	22.38	0.719
Periodically	11	2.78	6	3.23	5	2.38
Rarely	26	6.57	10	5.38	16	7.62
Never
How many cigarettes do you smoke daily?
Two packages	3	0.76	1	0.54	2	0.95	0.966
One and a half package	10	2.53	5	2.69	5	2.38
One package	65	16.41	31	16.67	34	16.19
Don’t smoke
Do you use medication?
Every day	13	3.28	5	2.69	8	3.81	0.847
Periodically	36	9.09	16	8.60	20	9.52
Rarely
Never	103	26.01	46	24.73	57	27.14
If the answer to the previous question was positive, what do you use?
Analgesics
Antibiotics	21	5.30	9	4.84	12	5.71
Antihistamines	9	2.27	4	2.15	5	2.38
Contraceptives	9	2.27	3	1.61	6	2.86
^* Chi-square test; bold numbers mean the highest frequency.

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