Table 4 BDS students’ oral health perception responses and statistical significance (χ2 p values) according to year of study (top) and gender (bottom)
From: Dental anxiety in first- and final-year Indian dental students
Group | X2 p Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
First year N (%) | Final year N (%) | ||
Spontaneously bleeding gums | |||
Yes | 15 (4.9) | 8 (3.06) | 0.442 |
No | 336 (95.1) | 252 (96.5) | |
Bleeding gums while brushing? | |||
Yes | 63 (17.8) | 26 (9.96) | 0.006* |
No | 288 (81.6) | 235 (90.0) | |
When do you brush? | |||
After breakfast | 9 (2.5) | 6 (2.2) | 0.521 |
Before breakfast | 337 (95.4) | 245 (93.8) | |
No definite time | 5 (1.4) | 7 (2.6) | |
Scaling Done | |||
Yes | 117 (33.1) | 227 (86.9) | <0.001* |
No | 234 (66.2) | 31 (11.8) | |
Oral hygiene education received | |||
Yes | 257 (72.8) | 224 (85.8) | <0.001* |
No | 91 (25.7) | 32 (12.2) | |
Was dentistry your preferred career goal? | |||
Yes | 292 (82.7) | 234 (89.6) | 0.007* |
No | 20 (5.6) | 12 (4.5) | |
Don’t Know | 35 (9.9) | 9 (3.4) | |
Gender | X2 p Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Female N (%) | Male N (%) | ||
Spontaneously bleeding gums | |||
Yes | 19 (3.9) | 4 (2.9) | 0.593 |
No | 455 (95.1) | 129 (94.8) | |
Bleeding gums while brushing? | |||
Yes | 66 (13.8) | 22 (16.1) | 0.002* |
No | 409 (85.5) | 111 (81.6) | |
When do you brush? | |||
After breakfast | 8 (1.6) | 7 (5.1) | <0.001* |
Before breakfast | 453 (94.7) | 119 (87.5) | |
No definite time | 6 (1.2) | 10 (7.3) | |
Scaling Done | |||
Yes | 267 (55.8) | 66 (48.5) | <0.001* |
No | 10 (2.0) | 70 (51.4) | |
Oral hygiene education received | |||
No | 86 (17.9) | 41 (30.1) | <0.001* |
Yes | 383 (80.1) | 95 (69.8) | |
Yes | 77 (16.0) | 29 (21.3) | |
Was dentistry your preferred career goal? | |||
Yes | 407 (85.1) | 112 (23.4) | 0.423 |
No | 28 (5.8) | 8 (5.8) | |
Don’t Know | 30 (6.2) | 13 (9.5) | |
