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    The relationship between visual motor integration and oral hygiene in children
    (1984) Preisch, James William; Jones, James E. (James Earl), 1950-; Smith, Ernest; Englander, Meryl E.; Barton, Paul; Klein, Arthur Irving, 1922-2004
    This investigation examined the relationship between oral hygiene scores and visual motor integration scores (developmental age) in five- to eleven-year-old children. A total of 128 subjects were given the Beery test of visual motor integration to determine their developmental age. A pre- and post-brushing plaque score was obtained as a measure of each subject's oral hygiene ability. Statistical analysis of the data revealed that chronological age was not a statistically significant predictor of oral hygiene ability, while developmental age as determined by the Beery test was found to be a statistically significant predictor of oral hygiene ability (p < .006).