Canadian Women Taking Better Care of Their Teeth Than Men, National Survey Suggests

Canadian males are less likely than their female counterparts to brush their teeth at least twice a day, according to new data from Statistics Canada. megaflopp/Shutterstock

Canadian women are putting in more effort to care for their teeth than their male counterparts, according to data from the first-ever national oral health survey.

Seventy-six percent of Canadian women and girls polled said they brush their teeth at least twice a day, while 65 percent of men and boys reported brushing at least twice a day, Statistics Canada data from the Canadian Oral Health Survey found.