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http://hdl.handle.net/1843/80779| Type: | Artigo de Periódico |
| Title: | Impact of oral health literacy on the clinical consequences of untreated dental caries in preschool children |
| Authors: | Letícia Pereira Martins Jéssica Madeira Bittencourt Cristiane Baccin Bendo Neves Isabela Almeida Pordeus Paulo Antônio Martins-Júnior Saul Martins Paiva |
| Abstract: | Purpose: To evaluate the association between parental oral health literacy (OHL) and untreated early childhood caries and its clinical consequences in children. Methods: Population-based, cross-sectional study was conducted with 449 parent-preschooler dyads (four-to-six-yearolds) in Ribeirão das Neves, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Parents answered a socioeconomic questionnaire and the Brazilian version of the Hong Kong Oral Health Literacy Assessment Task for Paediatric Dentistry (BOHLAT-P), which measures parental OHL in pediatric dentistry. Preschoolers were examined by two calibrated dentists for the diagnosis of caries (ICDASepi-merged) and its clinical consequences: visible pulp; oral mucosa ulceration due to root fragments; fistula; and abscess (pufa). Data were submitted to univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses (P<0.05). Results: A multivariable model that adjusted for socioeconomic status showed that parental OHL was not associated with untreated dental caries (P=0.618). Parents with lower OHL had a greater odds of having children with at least one clinical consequence of untreated dental caries (odds ratio equals 0.94; 95 percent confidence interval equals 0.89 to 0.98) than parents with higher OHL. Conclusions: Low parental OHL appears to impact the occurrence of at least one clinical consequence of untreated dental caries in children but not in the simple presence of untreated dental caries |
| Subject: | Letramento em Saúde Cárie Dentária Pais Saúde Bucal Pré-Escolar |
| language: | eng |
| metadata.dc.publisher.country: | Brasil |
| Publisher: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| Publisher Initials: | UFMG |
| metadata.dc.publisher.department: | FAO - DEPARTAMENTO DE ODONTOPEDIATRIA E ORTODONTIA |
| Rights: | Acesso Aberto |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1843/80779 |
| Issue Date: | Apr-2021 |
| metadata.dc.url.externa: | https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aapd/pd/2021/00000043/00000002/art00010;jsessionid=t8mf96b8rlt7.x-ic-live-01# |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Pediatric Dentistry |
| Appears in Collections: | Artigo de Periódico |
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