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Figure 4: Proportion of parents/guardians in different age groups oral hygiene and the use of fluoride toothpastes in children and adolescents in slovenia in 2019 23
of children/according to education and opinion on the usefulness/
harmfulness of daily cleaning of teeth with fluoride-containing toothpaste.
cents did not know whether they used fluoride-containing toothpaste. After
the age of 14, the proportion of adolescents who did not know if their tooth-
paste contains fluoride increased, and as many as 33% of adolescents stated that
they did not use toothpaste that contains fluoride.
Among parents who reported that their child used fluoride-containing
toothpaste, 47% believed that fluoride-containing toothpaste was beneficial for
the child’s teeth, 41% of parents could not decide whether brushing teeth with
fluoride toothpaste was beneficial or harmful, and 13% of them believed that
brushing teeth with fluoride-containing toothpaste was harmful for the child’s
teeth (Figure 4).
Among parents with at least a higher education, 56% believed that using
toothpaste containing fluoride was beneficial for the child’s teeth; compared
to parents with no more than an upper secondary education, among whom
only 36% thought so (Figure 4); the differences in proportions were statisti-
cally significant (chi-square test = 32.152, p < 0.001; CCP test, p < 0.001). There
was a difference between parents with no more than an upper secondary ed-
ucation who believed that fluoride-containing toothpaste was harmful to the
teeth, depending on the age group of the children. As many as 20% of parents
of children aged 0–5 years believed that fluoride-containing toothpaste was
harmful to their teeth, compared to 9% of parents of children aged 6-10 years
(Figure 4); the difference was statistically significant (chi-square test = 6.690,
p = 0.035; CCP test, p = 0.031). There were no differences between the propor-
tions of parents of children aged 0–5 and 6–10 years with at least a higher ed-
ucation who believed that fluoride-containing toothpaste was harmful for the
child’s teeth.
of children/according to education and opinion on the usefulness/
harmfulness of daily cleaning of teeth with fluoride-containing toothpaste.
cents did not know whether they used fluoride-containing toothpaste. After
the age of 14, the proportion of adolescents who did not know if their tooth-
paste contains fluoride increased, and as many as 33% of adolescents stated that
they did not use toothpaste that contains fluoride.
Among parents who reported that their child used fluoride-containing
toothpaste, 47% believed that fluoride-containing toothpaste was beneficial for
the child’s teeth, 41% of parents could not decide whether brushing teeth with
fluoride toothpaste was beneficial or harmful, and 13% of them believed that
brushing teeth with fluoride-containing toothpaste was harmful for the child’s
teeth (Figure 4).
Among parents with at least a higher education, 56% believed that using
toothpaste containing fluoride was beneficial for the child’s teeth; compared
to parents with no more than an upper secondary education, among whom
only 36% thought so (Figure 4); the differences in proportions were statisti-
cally significant (chi-square test = 32.152, p < 0.001; CCP test, p < 0.001). There
was a difference between parents with no more than an upper secondary ed-
ucation who believed that fluoride-containing toothpaste was harmful to the
teeth, depending on the age group of the children. As many as 20% of parents
of children aged 0–5 years believed that fluoride-containing toothpaste was
harmful to their teeth, compared to 9% of parents of children aged 6-10 years
(Figure 4); the difference was statistically significant (chi-square test = 6.690,
p = 0.035; CCP test, p = 0.031). There were no differences between the propor-
tions of parents of children aged 0–5 and 6–10 years with at least a higher ed-
ucation who believed that fluoride-containing toothpaste was harmful for the
child’s teeth.
