Oral Hygiene Practices among Saudi Arabian Children and Its Relation to Their Dental Caries Status

Table 5

Multivariate model for the association between decay, missing, filled, and plaque.

Variables	(%)	Plaque adjusted OR (95% CI)		DMFT adjusted OR (95% CI)
Age
12-year-old	275 (55)	0.00	0.05	1.00	0.18
13-year-old	225 (45)	0.06 (−0.00, 0.12)		1.12 (0.93, 1.35)
Gender
Male	250 (50)	0.00	0.28	1.00
Female	250 (50)	−0.04 (−0.11, 0.12)		0.92 (0.81, 1.06)
Mothers education
University	128 (25.6)	0.00	0.77	1.00	0.26
High school	240 (47.9)	−0.02 (−0.11, 0.06)		0.97 (0.80, 1.17)
Primary school	133 (26.5)	0.01 (−0.10, 0.13)		1.11 (0.92, 1.33)
Snacks between meals/day
Once	189 (37.8)	0.00	0.30	1.00	0.01
Twice	202 (40.4)	0.03 (−0.02, 0.09)		1.06 (0.86, 1.31)
Three or more	109 (21.8)	0.06 (−0.03, 0.15)		1.25 (1.00, 1.57)
Sugar consumption level/day
Low	168 (33.6)	0.00	0.03	1.00	0.00
Moderate	207 (41.4)	0.07 (0.00, 0.14)		1.06 (0.86, 1.31)
High	125 (25.0)	0.13 (0.02, 0.24)		1.25 (1.00, 1.57)
Frequency of brushing/day
Irregular	136 (27.1)	0.00	0.00	1.00	0.03
Once	159 (31.7)	−0.06 (−0.14, 0.00)		0.89 (0.70, 1.12)
Twice or more	206 (41.2)	−0.09 (−0.17, −0.00)		0.80 (0.64, 0.93)

Significant relation of the assessed independent variables with plaque and DMFT scores.