ReviewChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2022
What Do Mothers (or Caregivers) Know about Their Children's Oral Hygiene? An Update of the Current Evidence.
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- Oral findings and comprehensive dental management of Moebius syndrome: a systematic review.BMC oral health · 2024Pooled it
- AI-based applications supporting informal caregivers in childhood caries prevention and management: protocol for a scoping review.BMJ open · 2026Article
- An Integrated Care Pathway for Pediatric Oral Health: Baseline Multicenter Analysis of Dental Caries, Malocclusions, and Oral Hygiene in Three Italian Regions.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Evaluation of oral health conditions among children with special health care needs using clinical records.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- A Review of Early Childhood Caries: Risk Factors, Management, and Policy Recommendations.Cureus · 2025Review
- Factors associated with oral health knowledge, attitudes, and practices among legal guardians of preschool children in the Peruvian capital.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Substance use during pregnancy and childhood dental caries: a Brazilian cohort study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Oral Health Practices Among Indigenous Mothers and Young Children (0-36 Months) in Northwest Territories, Canada.International journal of dentistry · 2025Article
- Association between early childhood caries and parental educational status among children in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.Frontiers in oral health · 2025Article
- Knowledge, attitude, and practice of adolescents and parents toward malocclusion and orthodontic treatment.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Polish pregnant women's knowledge on early childhood caries prevention and oral hygiene in children.BMC public health · 2024Article
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7 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Tooth decay remains one of the most common diseases in children, although it is a preventable injury and despite significant advances that has been made in terms of attention and care for oral hygiene. Several studies have shown the association between prevalence of tooth decay in children and parents' incorrect oral care habits, with a low educational level and a low socioeconomic background. The question that arises concerns the actual oral hygiene knowledge of mothers, fathers, family members or caregivers of young patients; therefore, the aim of this review is to investigate the genesis of gaps in the topic. A literature search was conducted through the Scopus and PubMed search engine and ended in May 2022; only studies from the past 20 years were included. Current evidence suggests that parents and caregivers still have little knowledge about their children's oral health: there is not enough awareness about the importance of preventing oral diseases, due to poor attention to good oral hygiene but also lack of information from health professionals and institutions. In the future, all the professionals involved in the pregnant woman's care should increase parents' knowledge, solve their doubts, collect and compare data in order to design effective intervention programs.
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