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 1ADEFDOI: 10.12659/MSM.929375
Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e929375
Table 4 Results concerning behaviors related to dental check-ups.
Age | Total | Group 1 | Group 2 | P* | |||
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When did you visit the dentist last? | |||||||
2 years ago | 23 | 5.81 | 14 | 7.53 | 9 | 4.29 | |
12 months ago | 50 | 12.63 | 28 | 15.05 | 22 | 10.48 | |
6 months ago | 141 | 35.61 | 56 | 26.67 | |||
Regularly | 59 | 31.72 | |||||
What was the reason for your visit to a dentist? | |||||||
Pain | 41 | 10.35 | 20 | 10.75 | 21 | 10.00 | 0.037 |
Tooth extraction | 21 | 5.30 | 10 | 5.38 | 11 | 5.24 | |
Tooth filling | 139 | 35.10 | 58 | 31.18 | 81 | 38.57 | |
Check-up | |||||||
Supragingival plaque removal | 50 | 12.63 | 14 | 7.53 | 36 | 17.14 | |
Why don’t you visit a dentist regularly? | |||||||
Pain | 19 | 6.31 | 8 | 4.91 | 11 | 7.97 | 0.459 |
Problems | 4 | 1.33 | 1 | 0.61 | 3 | 2.17 | |
Money | 12 | 3.99 | 5 | 3.07 | 7 | 5.07 | |
Occupied | 126 | 41.86 | 70 | 42.94 | 56 | 40.58 | |
No need | 140 | 46.51 | 79 | 48.47 | 61 | 44.20 | |
Have you ever had orthodontic work? | |||||||
Yes | 146 | 36.87 | 67 | 36.02 | 79 | 37.62 | 0.581 |
Optionally | 7 | 1.77 | 3 | 1.61 | 4 | 1.90 | |
Depends | 3 | 0.76 | 1 | 0.54 | 2 | 0.95 | |
Rarely | 8 | 2.02 | 6 | 3.23 | 2 | 0.95 | |
Never | |||||||
Do you have gingival inflammation? | |||||||
Yes | 19 | 4.80 | 6 | 3.23 | 13 | 6.19 | |
Periodically | 32 | 8.08 | 12 | 6.45 | 20 | 9.52 | |
Depends | 23 | 5.81 | 19 | 10.22 | 4 | 1.90 | |
Rarely | 78 | 19.70 | 26 | 13.98 | 52 | 24.76 | |
Never | |||||||
The greatest amount of information about oral health care can be obtained from | |||||||
Newspapers | 34 | 8.59 | 21 | 11.29 | 13 | 6.19 | 0.068 |
On the radio and the media | 58 | 14.65 | 33 | 17.74 | 25 | 11.90 | 0.097 |
From your dentist | |||||||
From friends in personal contact | 66 | 16.67 | 27 | 14.52 | 39 | 18.57 | 0.299 |
In the pharmacy | 11 | 2.78 | 8 | 4.30 | 3 | 1.43 | 0.149 |
* Chi-square test; bold numbers mean the highest frequency. |