Madam, daily brushing of teeth contributestowards good
oral as well as general health. 1-3 Association of poor oral
hygiene with poverty, tobacco use, age, and gender has
been reported.
1-4 To determine these factors association
with self-reported frequency of brushing/cleaning teeth
in the past 30-days in Moroccan students aged 13-15
years, 2010 Global School-Based Health Survey (GSHS)
data for Morocco was used. GSHS-Morocco was
conducted by the Moroccan national authorities, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (USA), and the World
Health Organization, using two-stage cluster sample
design to produce nationally representative estimates for
all students in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Prep. Schools; the
details of the survey and data are available, and were
accessed from the CDC's GSHS website.