Issues of Recruitment and Rationale for Conducting Clinical Trials on Mutans Streptococci Suppression in Mothers

Table 2

Issues of Nonenrollment and refusal to participate in the study.

Issue	𝑁	%
Mutans assay score <3	493	39.3%
Mother not home at visit	367	29.2%
Mother not the primary caretaker	155	12.3%
Mother’s address incorrect	93	7.4%
Lack of interest	46	3.7%
Mother wears full-arch prosthesis	32	2.6%
Mother’s domicile not accessible	23	1.8%
Not First-time mother	10	<1%
Mother/child medical compromise	11	<1%
Mother traveling	8	<1%
Fluoride previous 3 months	7	<1%
Mother attending school	3	<1%
Not residing in the domicile	2	<1%
Newborn deceased	2	<1%
Mother leaving Bauru	1	<1%
Mother <20 teeth	1	<1%
Total	1254