Purpose: Tooth decay and cavities are the most common oral health consequences for
young children that may result from inadequate oral health literacy (OHL) or understanding …

Purpose: The primary aims of this study were to 1) determine if caregivers' oral health
literacy is associated with children's caries status using two different oral health literacy …

Tooth decay ranks first as the most common chronic disease in childhood (US Department of
Health and Human Services [HHS], 2000). In addition to the morbidity directly related to …

Background Caregivers' perceptions of their young children's oral health status (OHS) are a
strong determinant of whether the children visit a dentist. Our aims were to quantify the …

Many people in the United States have untreated dental disease due to a lack of dental
insurance, a lack of oral health knowledge, and a lack of priority placed on dental health …

Purpose: The purpose of this systematic review was to describe the oral health literacy
(OHL) inventories that have been used among caregivers of preschool-aged children …

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to examine the relationship of primary
caregivers' literacy with children's oral health outcomes. METHODS: We performed a cross …

Many people in the United States have untreated dental disease due to a lack of dental
insurance, a lack of oral health knowledge, and a lack of priority placed on dental health …

Purpose: Parental oral health literacy is proposed to be an indicator of children's oral health.
The purpose of this study was to test if word recognition, commonly used to assess health …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine pediatric dentists' awareness and
experiences with oral health literacy and to identify communication techniques used with …