Effectiveness of silver diamine fluoride versus sodium fluoride varnish combined with mother’s motivational interviewing for arresting early childhood caries: a randomized clinical trial

Table 3 Multivariable multilevel logistic regression model for factors affecting ECC arrest after 6 months

Explanatory variables		AOR (95% CI)	P value
Sociodemographic background
Child age in months		1.02 (0.97, 1.08)	0.35
Child sex	Male	0.97 (0.46, 2.07)	0.94
Child sex	Female^a	1.00	-
Mother’s educational level	Less than high school	1.16 (0.52, 2.57)	0.72
Mother’s educational level	High school and higher^a	1.00	-
Oral health behaviors
Sugar score		0.76 (0.54, 1.06)	0.10
Toothbrushing once or more daily	Yes	0.94 (0.29, 3.05)	0.92
Toothbrushing once or more daily	No^a	1.00	-
Dental visits last year	Yes	0.95 (0.43, 2.08)	0.89
Dental visits last year	No^a	1.00	-
Clinical characteristics
Baseline dmfs		1.00 (0.95, 1.05)	0.89
Tooth Surface	Buccal/Lingual	1.47 (0.86, 2.51)	0.16
	Occlusal	0.70 (0.43, 1.13)	0.14
	Proximal^a	1.00	-
Baseline caries severity	Moderate (ICDAS 3/4) lesions	2.64 (1.64, 4.23)	< 0.001
Baseline caries severity	Advanced (ICDAS 5/6) lesions^a	1.00	-
Arm	SDF	1.56 (0.71, 3.42)	0.27
Arm	NaF/MI^a	1.00	-