Nutrition Awareness and Oral Health among Dental Patients in Palestine: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Characteristics of oral health according to gender presented in n (%).

		Total		Male		Female		value
		n	%	n	%	n	%
Health of the gum	Bad	19	14.7	11	8.5	8	6.2	0.009
	Fair	36	27.9	14	10.9	22	17.1
	Good	69	35.5	16	12.4	53	41.1
	Excellent	5	3.9	0	0	5	3.9
Calcification	Existed	69	53.5	29	22.5	40	31.0	0.008
	Not existed	60	46.5	12	9.3	48	37.2
Oral hygiene	Poor	25	19.4	15	11.6	10	7.8	0.001
	Fair	37	28.7	14	10.9	23	17.8
	Good	62	48.1	12	9.3	50	38.8
	Excellent	5	3.9	0	0	5	3.9
Oral health	Bad	10	7.8	7	5.4	3	2.3	0.004
	Poor	16	12.4	5	3.9	11	8.5
	Fair	41	31.8	18	14	23	17.8
	Good	57	44.2	10	7.8	47	36.4
	Excellent	5	3.9	1	0.8	4	3.1