Research Article
School Absenteeism due to Toothache among Secondary School Students Aged 16–18 Years in the Ha’il Region of Saudi Arabia
Table 2
Numbers of school days missed due to toothache among secondary school students in the Ha’il Region, Saudi Arabia.
| Age groups | Absent for 1 day | Absent for 2 days | Absent for 3 days | Absent for >3 days |
| 16 () | 14 (8.5 %) | 13 (7.9%) | 3 (1.8%) | 4 (2.4%) | 17 () | 11 (6.9%) | 6 (3.7%) | 3 (1.8%) | 2 (1.2%) | 18 () | 14 (8.8%) | 8 (5.0%) | 3 (1.8%) | 5 (3.1%) | Total () | 39 (8.1%) | 27 (5.6%) | 9 (1.9%) | 11 (2.3%) |
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