Effectiveness of Randomized Controlled Field Trial Instructing Parents to Supervise Children on Tooth Brushing Skills and Oral Hygiene

Table 3: Distribution of children’s and parents’ outcome variables by intervention arms at follow up (n=237).

Variable	Categories	Intervention%(n)	Control n=%(n)	P-value
Children’s oral hygiene	No Plaque	76.3 (87)	35.8 (44)	0.001
Children’s oral hygiene	Plaque	23.7 (27)	64.2 (79)	-
Children’s gingival health	Healthy gingiva	87.7 (100)	51.2 (63)	0.001
Children’s gingival health	Bleeding	12.3 (14)	48.8 (60)	-
Children’s tooth brushing skills	Skilled	47.4 (54)	1.6 (2)	0.001
Children’s tooth brushing skills	Unskilled	52.6 (60)	98.4 (121)	-
Parents' awareness on children’s tooth brushing supervision	Aware	95.6 (109)	82.1 (101)	0.001
Parents' awareness on children’s tooth brushing supervision	Not aware	4.4 (5)	17.9 (22)	-
Parents' supervision of children’s tooth brushing	Supervise	79.8 (91)	59.3 (73)	0.001
Parents' supervision of children’s tooth brushing	Do not supervise	20.2 (23)	40.7 (50)	-