Prevalence of Dental Caries and Its Associated Factors among Primary School Children in Ethiopia

Table 3

Dietary- and oral hygiene-related characteristics of Alem Ketema Primary School children, North Shewa, Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 422).

Variables	Frequency (%)
Consumption of sweet food
Yes	365 (86.5)
No	57 (13.5)
Frequency of consumption
Daily	114 (31.1)
2-3days	179 (48.9)
Once a week	73 (19.9)
Bottle food childhood
Yes	144 (34.1)
No	278 (65.9)
Drink soft drink
Yes	329 (78.0)
No	93 (22.0)
Teeth brush habit
Yes	165 (39.1)
No	257 (60.9)
Frequency of bushing
Twice/day	22 (5.2)
Once/day	37 (8.8)
Sometime	106(25.1)
Material use to clean
Tooth brush	67 (15.9)
Local chew stick	98 (23.2)
Toothpaste use
Yes	67 (15.9)
No	355 (84.1)
Parent insistence
Yes	124 (29.4)
No	298 (70.6)
Dental aches
Yes	169 (40.0)
No	253 (60.0)
School health education
Yes	239 (56.6)
No	183 (43.4)
Habit mouth wash
Yes	233 (55.3)
No	189 (44.8)