Impact of parental oral health literacy on orthodontic treatment need in schoolchildren
ABSTRACT Introduction: Malocclusion is a global health problem and when not treated in childhood, can persist throughout one’s lifetime. Objective: As children are dependent on their parents/caregivers for health care, the aim of the present study was to investigate the association between parenta...
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| author | Gélica Lima GRANJA Larissa Chaves Morais de LIMA Tiago Ribeiro LEAL Veruska Medeiros Martins BERNARDINO Érick Tássio Barbosa NEVES Saul Martins PAIVA Ana Flávia GRANVILLE-GARCIA |
| author_facet | Gélica Lima GRANJA Larissa Chaves Morais de LIMA Tiago Ribeiro LEAL Veruska Medeiros Martins BERNARDINO Érick Tássio Barbosa NEVES Saul Martins PAIVA Ana Flávia GRANVILLE-GARCIA |
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| description | ABSTRACT Introduction: Malocclusion is a global health problem and when not treated in childhood, can persist throughout one’s lifetime. Objective: As children are dependent on their parents/caregivers for health care, the aim of the present study was to investigate the association between parental oral health literacy and orthodontic treatment need in schoolchildren. Methods: A descriptive, analytical, cross-sectional study with a representative sample of children eight to ten years of age was conducted. Sociodemographic questionnaire, the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children and the Oral Health Literacy - Adult Questionnaire were sent for parents/caregivers. Children answered the Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale. For the diagnosis of orthodontic treatment need, the Dental Aesthetic Index was used. Data analysis included multinomial logistic regression analyses (OR) (p < 0.05). Results: Treatment need was identified for 55.2% of participants. Children with anxiety were 53% more likely to have mandatory treatment needs (OR = 1.53; 95% CI: 1.16-2.57; p = 0.04), children with sleep disturbances were 1.94 times more likely to have mandatory treatment needs (OR = 1.94; 95% CI: 1.29-2.91; p = 0.01). Children whose parents/caregivers had an insufficient level of oral health literacy were 77% more likely to have mandatory treatment needs (OR = 1.77; 95% CI: 1.04-2.99; p = 0.03). Conclusions: Orthodontic treatment need was greater among schoolchildren from families with a lower income, who lived in homes with more than five residents, whose mothers were younger, whose parents/caregivers had an insufficient level of oral health literacy, and those with sleep disorders and with anxiety. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-71f8395dc520497cb3a412b3a1e1b7d32025-08-20T02:29:11ZengDental Press EditoraDental Press Journal of Orthodontics2177-67092025-05-0130210.1590/2177-6709.30.2.e2524238.oarImpact of parental oral health literacy on orthodontic treatment need in schoolchildrenGélica Lima GRANJAhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6655-4696Larissa Chaves Morais de LIMAhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9351-5438Tiago Ribeiro LEALhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1551-9481Veruska Medeiros Martins BERNARDINOhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1187-2878Érick Tássio Barbosa NEVEShttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9300-1007Saul Martins PAIVAhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3968-1638Ana Flávia GRANVILLE-GARCIAhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6054-8372ABSTRACT Introduction: Malocclusion is a global health problem and when not treated in childhood, can persist throughout one’s lifetime. Objective: As children are dependent on their parents/caregivers for health care, the aim of the present study was to investigate the association between parental oral health literacy and orthodontic treatment need in schoolchildren. Methods: A descriptive, analytical, cross-sectional study with a representative sample of children eight to ten years of age was conducted. Sociodemographic questionnaire, the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children and the Oral Health Literacy - Adult Questionnaire were sent for parents/caregivers. Children answered the Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale. For the diagnosis of orthodontic treatment need, the Dental Aesthetic Index was used. Data analysis included multinomial logistic regression analyses (OR) (p < 0.05). Results: Treatment need was identified for 55.2% of participants. Children with anxiety were 53% more likely to have mandatory treatment needs (OR = 1.53; 95% CI: 1.16-2.57; p = 0.04), children with sleep disturbances were 1.94 times more likely to have mandatory treatment needs (OR = 1.94; 95% CI: 1.29-2.91; p = 0.01). Children whose parents/caregivers had an insufficient level of oral health literacy were 77% more likely to have mandatory treatment needs (OR = 1.77; 95% CI: 1.04-2.99; p = 0.03). Conclusions: Orthodontic treatment need was greater among schoolchildren from families with a lower income, who lived in homes with more than five residents, whose mothers were younger, whose parents/caregivers had an insufficient level of oral health literacy, and those with sleep disorders and with anxiety.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2176-94512025000200304&lng=en&tlng=enMalocclusionOrthodontic treatment needHealth literacy |
| spellingShingle | Gélica Lima GRANJA Larissa Chaves Morais de LIMA Tiago Ribeiro LEAL Veruska Medeiros Martins BERNARDINO Érick Tássio Barbosa NEVES Saul Martins PAIVA Ana Flávia GRANVILLE-GARCIA Impact of parental oral health literacy on orthodontic treatment need in schoolchildren Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics Malocclusion Orthodontic treatment need Health literacy |
| title | Impact of parental oral health literacy on orthodontic treatment need in schoolchildren |
| title_full | Impact of parental oral health literacy on orthodontic treatment need in schoolchildren |
| title_fullStr | Impact of parental oral health literacy on orthodontic treatment need in schoolchildren |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of parental oral health literacy on orthodontic treatment need in schoolchildren |
| title_short | Impact of parental oral health literacy on orthodontic treatment need in schoolchildren |
| title_sort | impact of parental oral health literacy on orthodontic treatment need in schoolchildren |
| topic | Malocclusion Orthodontic treatment need Health literacy |
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