KR Sowmya|Manjunath P Puranik|K S Aparna
Association between mother's behaviour, oral health literacy and children's oral health outcomes: A cross-sectional study
Manipal Academy of Higher Education|Government Dental College & Research Institute|Government Dental College & Research Institute
parents infant early childhood oral health knowledge paramount importance oral health behaviours exclusive domain parents early years life studies exploring association mothers behaviour oral health literacy childrens oral health outcomes scarceto evaluate association mothers behaviour oral health literacy childrens dental caries experiencea crosssectional study conducted among one hundred preschool children aged 26 years mothers preschools bangalore india data regarding demographics mothers knowledge attitude practice kap collected questionnaire mothers oral health literacy assessed rapid estimate adult literacy dentistry30 reald30 scale caries experience children recorded using decayed missing filled teeth dmft index data entered excel sheet analysed using statistical package spss 220 mean kap reald30 dmft scores 1317 457 1768 585 261 221 respectively study reald30 score negatively correlated dmft score positively correlated kap score linear regression kap reald30 scores showed highly significant association dental cariesmothers behaviour oral health literacy influenced caries experience children therefore improving behaviour oral health literacy mothers key influence childs oral health