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Parental Oral Health Literacy and Dental Status of Children Living in Arkhangelsk
aim research assess oral health literacy ohl among parents living arkhangelsk russia study correlation childrens oral health materials methods examined 125 children aged 314 years visit dental clinic northern state medical university parental ohl studied help selfadministered questionnaire caries prevalence assessed depending age using decayfilled df index primary dentition decaymissingfilled dmf index permanent dentition df dmf index oral hygiene studied using simplified oral hygiene index ohis correlation analysis pearson correlation coefficient utilized establish relationship parameters study results majority parents 536 demonstrated low low ohl levels mean score 122 points 30 caries prevalence among children 976 mean df df dmf dmf values 73 76 78 respectively majority children decompensated 440 subcompensated 384 forms caries classification tf vinogradova mean ohis 18 poor level oral hygiene inverse correlation parental ohl caries experience children identified r 0178 p 0047 lower parental ohl statistically significantly associated dental plaque children r 0307 p lt 0001 higher ohis associated greater levels caries experience r 0494 p lt 0001 findings provide evidence base promoting health hygiene literacy among parents order preserve oral health prevent caries children