Amy Scott, Gail Gillon, Brigid McNeill, Alex Kopach
The Evolution of an Innovative Online Task to Monitor Children's Oral Narrative Development
Frontiers in psychology
study aims examine oral healthrelated quality life ohrqol determinants among elementary school children saudi arabia recognizing ohrqol critical aspect overall health wellbeing ohrqol essential element health influencing childrens ability engage daily activities learning social interactions saudi arabia despite free dental care significant occurrences untreated dental caries among children highlight disparities oral health outcomes likely influenced socioeconomic factors baseline data longitudinal randomized controlled trial conducted riyadh saudi arabia utilized participants elementary school students attending public schools selected using stratified cluster random sampling study focused deciduous permanent dentition excluding children medical issues data collection involved clinical evaluations parental questionnaires adhering criteria results study revealed significant associations age mean 9899 months 95 confidence interval ci 9781001 untreated caries mean 254 95 ci 234274 ohrqol among children saudi arabia older children rate ratio rr 101 95 ci 101106 untreated caries rr 104 95 ci 101107 higher rates experiencing suboptimal oral health outcomes however statistically significant associations found variables gender family income parental education oral hygiene frequency dental visits respect ohrqol study underscores age untreated caries significantly positively associated ohrqol children findings point need targeted oral health interventions policies within sociocultural context saudi arabia particularly focusing early prevention addressing socioeconomic inequalities