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Table 6: Proportions of students by knowledge on relationship between different forms of<br />

tobacco use and occurrence of periodontal diseases<br />

Level of knowledge on tobacco use and<br />

occurrence of periodontal diseases<br />

Different forms of tobacco use<br />

Dipping Chewing Smoking<br />

Number (%) Number (%) Number (%)<br />

Fully knowledgeable 726 (71.6) 693 (69.3) 672 (67.0)<br />

Moderately knowledgeable 162 (16.0) 162 (16.2) 147 (14.7)<br />

Not knowledgeable 126 (12.4) 145 (14.5) 183 (18.3)<br />

Total 1014 (100.0) 1000 (100.0) 1002 (100.0)<br />

Table 6 shows proportions of students by knowledge on relationship between different forms of<br />

tobacco use and occurrence of periodontal diseases.<br />

Majority of students (71.6%, 69.3%, and 67.0%) were fully knowledgeable on relationship<br />

between dipping tobacco snuff, chewing tobacco and smoking cigarettes and occurrence of<br />

periodontal diseases respectively.

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