Association of Oral Hygiene and Periodontal Health with Third Molar Pericoronitis: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the study population.

Parameters	Pericoronitis	Healthy	value
Number of patients ()	27	27	—
Mean age (±SD)			0.795
Gender (female/male)	9/18	15/12	0.10
Regular tooth brushing (yes/no)	9/18	19/8	0.006
Use of mouthwash (yes/no)	3/24	5/22	0.704

Results are based on one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and chi-square () test. SD: standard deviation; .