Randomized trial evaluates parents' oral health knowledge and its relationship to children's dental health, suggesting educational enhancements are needed.
Key Points
This study aims to assess the level of oral health awareness in parents and its correlation with the dental health status of their children aged 6–12 years.
Evaluated parents using a validated questionnaire on oral health knowledge.
Conducted clinical exams on children to determine decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMFT) rates.
Statistical analysis assessed the relationship between parents' awareness and children's caries status.
Children of parents with unsatisfactory knowledge (graded 2) had a significantly higher mean dmft and DMFT score.
Mean dmft score decreased while mean DMFT score increased with age from 6 to 12 years.
No significant variation in caries prevalence was found based on parents' oral health knowledge.