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Greek and Japanese students provided significantly different answers to 14 of 20 HU\u2010DBI items. Greeks significantly more often were required by their dentist to evaluate their brushing technique (OR\u2003=\u200314.4, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2003&lt;\u20030.01), checked their teeth in the mirror after brushing (OR\u2003=\u20038.1, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2003&lt;\u20030.01), worried about bad breath (OR\u2003=\u20036.7, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2003&lt;\u20030.01), and believed that gum disease is preventable by tooth brushing alone (OR\u2003=\u20032.1, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2003&lt;\u20030.05), whereas their Japanese peers significantly more often felt comfortable to clean their teeth without the use of a toothpaste (OR\u2003=\u20030.3, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2003&lt;\u20030.01), believed that they take much time to brush their teeth (OR\u2003=\u20030.3, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2003&lt;\u20030.01), used a child\u2010sized toothbrush (OR\u2003=\u20030.2, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2003&lt;\u20030.01), and put off going to the dentist until having toothache (OR\u2003=\u20030.4, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2003&lt;\u20030.01).<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusions:\u2002<\/jats:bold> Considerable differences in dental health attitudes\/behaviour exist amongst students in the two countries reflecting the different culture and the health education system of the students; moreover, it is possible to distinguish Greek dental students from Japanese peers with a probability of more than 89% by using the HU\u2010DBI instrument.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1600-0579.2005.00387.x","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2005,9,29]],"date-time":"2005-09-29T13:19:57Z","timestamp":1127999997000},"page":"164-170","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":34,"title":["Oral self\u2010care behaviours: comparing Greek and Japanese dental students"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Argy","family":"Polychronopoulou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Makoto","family":"Kawamura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2005,9,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_7_2_2","first-page":"397","article-title":"Public knowledge of prevention of dental disease","volume":"109","author":"Gift HC","year":"1994","journal-title":"Public Health Rep"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1752-7325.1995.tb02324.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_4_2","first-page":"28","article-title":"Dentists\u2019 and dental hygienists\u2019 attitudes toward toothbrush replacement and maintenance","volume":"12","author":"Abraham NJ","year":"1990","journal-title":"Clin Prevent Dent"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_5_2","first-page":"388","volume-title":"Disease Prevention and Oral Health Promotion","author":"Kress GC","year":"1995"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_6_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"354","DOI":"10.1002\/j.0022-0337.1997.61.4.tb03125.x","article-title":"A comparison of self\u2010reported dental health attitudes and behaviour between selected Japanese and Australian students","volume":"61","author":"Kawamura M","year":"1997","journal-title":"J Dent Educ"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1875-595X.2000.tb00546.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_8_2","first-page":"273","article-title":"Dental behavioural science. 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