Gisele Ristow Montes|Danielle Veiga Bonotto|Fernanda Morais Ferreira|José Vitor Nogara Borges de Menezes|Fabián Calixto Fraiz
Caregiver’s oral health literacy is associated with prevalence of untreated dental caries in preschool children
Universidade Federal do Paraná|Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais|Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais|Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais|Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
abstract aim study evaluate relationship oral health literacy ohl among caregivers untreated dental caries among preschoolers crosssectional study conducted involving 415 preschool children caregivers curitiba brazil children examined dental caries dental plaque caregivers ohl evaluated using instrument translated validated brazilian portuguese brazilian rapid estimate adult literacy dentistry30 prevalence children untreated caries 429 95ci 381477 low degree ohl found among 157 95ci 122192 caregivers multivariable poisson regression analysis indicated higher prevalence untreated caries among children whose caregivers low ohl pr 135 95 ci 101179 visible plaque pr 128 95 ci 101162 never occasionally teeth brushed caregivers pr 148 95 ci 116191 comparison without conditions conclusion higher prevalence untreated dental caries found among preschool children whose caregivers low degree ohl