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

Table 7

Frequencies and percentages of correct answers.

Knowledge items	T		F
	n	(%)	n	(%)
1-Food plays an important role in the oral health.	127	94.1	7	5.2
2-Sugar is one of the most food element that cause dental caries.	119	88.1	15	11.1
3-Chewing free-sugar gum reduces dental caries.	54	40	80	59.3
4-Using artificial sweeteners in candies and juices reduces the dental caries.	32	23.7	102	75.6
5-Drinking fruit juice causes dental caries more than eating the whole fruit.	55	40.7	79	58.5
6-Increasing the number of the meals increases dental caries.	31	23	103	76.3
7-The frequency of eating sugar is more cariogenic compared to the amount of the sugar.	71	52.6	63	46.7
8-Food leftovers in the mouth are associated with dental caries.	121	89.6	13	9.6
9-Eating sweets with meals is better than eating sweets between meals on dental caries.	38	28.1	96	71.1
10-Brushing or flossing the teeth after every meal reduces the caries.	126	93.3	8	5.9
11-Drinking milk and dairy products protect the teeth from caries.	114	84.4	20	14.8
12-Eating sweets that melt in the mouth and swallowed faster is less harmful than the sweets that stay for a longer time in the mouth.	75	55.6	59	43.7
13-Sticky sweets increase the probability of teeth decay comparing to melty sweets.	79	58.5	55	40.7
14-Foods that increase the saliva secretion increase the possibility for tooth decay.	36	26.7	98	72.6
15-Reduction of food eaten before bed helps protecting from dental caries.	88	65.2	46	34.1
16-The presence of proteins and fats with sugar-containing meals decreases the decay.	42	31.1	92	68.1
17-Eating nuts with tooth decay-causing foods protects the teeth from decay.	20	14.8	114	84.4