Marília Jesus Batista|Herenia P. Lawrence|Maria da Luz Rosário de Sousa
Oral health literacy and oral health outcomes in an adult population in Brazil
Faculdade de Medicina de Jundiaí|University of Toronto|Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
investigate association critical communicative oral health literacy ohl oral health outcomes status oral healthrelated quality life practices adults crosssectional study examined household probability sample 248 adults representing 149635 residents 2064 years old piracicabasp brazil clinical oral health socioeconomic demographic data well data oral healthrelated quality life ohip14 health practices collected oral examinations carried participants homes using world health organization criteria oral diseases critical communicative ohl instrument primary independent variable measured using five likert items dichotomized high agree strongly agree responses 5 items low ohl binary multinomial logistic regressions performed outcome oral health status practices controlling age sex socioeconomic status ses approximately 715 presented low ohl adjusted age sex first model low ohl associated untreated caries odds ratio 192 95 confidence interval 107345 tooth brushing 3 times day 200 111362 irregular tooth flossing 217 124380 ses inclusion first model significant associations found low ohl outcomes presence biofilm 183 108333 dental care emergency 224 124404 prevalence oral health impact quality life 206 115369 adjusting age sex ses ohl related risk factor biofilm consequence poor oral health emergency dental visits interfere impact oral diseases quality life low ohl modified results support oral health promotion strategies directed improving critical communicative oral health literacy adult populations