רפואת הפה והשיניים - עיתון ההסתדרות לרפואת שיניים בישראל - כרך ל"ז, גיליון מס' 2 אייר תש"פ

Table 1 . Biographical dental visit habits and source of information.

Mother’s age (years±SD)

31.7±6.2

<12 years >12 years Did not answer <12 years >12 years Did not answer

82 (48.2%) 80 (47.1%) 8 (4.7%) 53 (31.2%) 114 (67.1%) 3 (1.8%) 67 (39.4%) 103 (60.6%) 91 (53.5%) 54 (31.8%) 25 (14.7%) 92 (54.1%) 78 (45.9%) 66 (38.8%) 41 (24.1%) 63 (37.1%) 32 (18.8%) 61 (35.9%) 39 (22.9%) 38 (22.4%)

Father

Parent’s education

Mother

Yes No Dentist Media Friends

Visits dentist on a regular basis (mother)

Main source of information on paediatric dentistry (mother) Child’s age (years±SD) Child’s gender

3.2±1.5

Boys Girls 1 st 2 nd 3 rd or more 1 2 3 4 or more

Child’s birth order

Number of children in the family

Table 2 . Rank of six selected food items according to cariogenicity.

Type Toffee Sweetened drinks* Ice cream* Dark chocolate Breakfast cereals** Salty snacks**

Rank (mean ) 3.59 3.42 3.29 2.59

Standard deviation 0.73 0.84 0.8 1.1

2.12 2.08

1.06 1.03

* , **- No significant difference (Bonferroni correction t

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.2 רפואת הפה והשיניים, אייר תש״פ, כרך ל״ז, גיליון