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...
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 |
Similar Items
-
Psychometric properties of BREALD-30 for assessing adolescents’ oral health literacy
by: Larissa Chaves Morais de Lima, et al. -
MICRO-INVASIVE TREATMENT OF THE NON-CAVITATED CARIOUS LESIONS IN THE SMOOTH SURFACES OF TEETH
by: Luiza Ungureanu, et al.
Published: (2012-03-01) -
Evaluation of cavitated and non-cavitated carious lesions using the WHO basic methods, ICDAS-II and laser fluorescence measurements
by: Mridula Goswami, et al.
Published: (2015-01-01) -
NON - OPERATIVE TREATMENT OF NON - CAVITATED APPROXIMAL CARIOUS LESIONS OF PERMANENT CHIDREN’S TEETH.
by: Rossiza I. Kabakchieva, et al.
Published: (2014-10-01) -
The level of two trace elements in carious, non-carious, primary, and permanent teeth
by: Fikrettin Şahi̇n, et al.
Published: (2020-05-01)