Oral Health Knowledge and Practices of Secondary School Students, Tanga, Tanzania

Table 2

Distribution of student’s with adequate level of oral health knowledge by district, age, and sex (percentages shown in parenthesis).

Question	Tanga district								Lushoto district
	Sex				Age (years)				Sex				Age (years)
	Male		Female		14–17		18+		Male		Female		14–17		18+
	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%
Knowledge on causes, prevention and signs of dental caries	176	(91.2)	173	(86.1)	250	(88.3)	99	(89.2)	166	(84.3)	179	(92.3)*	237	(89.4)	108	(85.76)
Knowledge on causes and prevention of periodontal diseases	188	(97.4)	194	(96.5)	272	(96.1)	110	(99.1)	189	(95.9)	189	(95.9)	258	(97.4)	120	(95.2)
Knowledge on cigarette smoking as cause of oral cancer	177	(91.7)	180	(90.0)	253	(89.7)	104	(93.7)	172	(88.2)	166	(86.0)	227	(86.6)	111	(88.1)
Knowledge on importance of dental checkups	191	(99.0)	198	(99.0)	278	(98.6)	111	(100)	193	(98.0)	188	(97.4)	259	(97.7)	122	(97.6)

Chi-square test: *𝑃<0.05.