Research Article
Medical Conditions, Oral Health Practices, and Barriers to Treatment among Patients Visiting a Teaching Dental Hospital in Eastern Saudi Arabia
Table 3
Comparison of oral hygiene practices and smoking between healthy and medically compromised patients (N = 1502).
| | Frequency of dental visits | Total N (%) | Healthy N (%) | Medically compromised N (%) | P value |
| | Toothbrushing | | Yes | 1014 (67.5) | 740 (73) | 274 (27) | 0.091 | | No | 488 (32.5) | 376 (77) | 112 (23) |
| | Dental flossing | | Yes | 186 (12.4) | 138 (75.4) | 45 (24.6) | 0.714 | | No | 1316 (87.6) | 975 (74.1) | 341 (25.9) |
| | Smoking | | Yes | 251 (16.7) | 193 (77.8) | 55 (22.2) | 0.165 | | No | 1251 (83.3) | 921 (73.6) | 330 (26.4) |
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