Prevalence of Tongue Cleaning Using a Toothbrush: A Questionnaire Survey in Fukui Prefecture, Japan

Table 3

Purposes of tongue cleaning using a toothbrush.

Purpose	Gender	To remove tongue stain	To remove tongue coating	To manage halitosis
(%)		(%)	(%)
	Male	95 (64.6)	54 (36.7)	64 (43.5)
	Female	251 (65.0)	138 (35.8)	176 (45.6)
	Total (%)	346 (64.9)	192 (36.0)	240 (45.0)