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

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
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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.