Adolescents with worse levels of oral health literacy have more cavitated carious lesions.

Adolescents with worse levels of oral health literacy have more cavitated carious lesions.

The aim of the present study was to investigate whether the ability to recognize and read oral health terms is associated with the number of teeth with cavitated carious lesions in adolescents. A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted involving a sample of 746 adolescents representativ...

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Main Authors: Laio da Costa Dutra, Larissa Chaves Morais de Lima, Érick Tássio Barbosa Neves, Monalisa Cesarino Gomes, Luíza Jordânia Serafim de Araújo, Franklin Delano Soares Forte, Saul Martins Paiva, Fernanda Morais Ferreira, Ana Flávia Granville-Garcia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225176

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225176

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