ArticleEuropean archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry2026
The effect of socio-economic background on parental knowledge regarding oral health and its association with proactive behaviours.
Article in European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purposeTo evaluate the effect of socio-economic background on oral health knowledge and cultural beliefs of parents and associate knowledge to proactive behaviours.
methodsThis is a cross-sectional study with a convenient sample consisting of parents seeking dental care for their children at two different dental centres. Data were collected via a structured, interview-based questionnaire, covering demographic characteristics and parental oral health knowledge and behaviours. Analysis was performed based on parental socioeconomic background determined by monthly family income (< 1400€ low, 1400-2500€ medium). Differences within and between groups were assessed using chi-square and Fisher's exact tests and associations with demographic or behavioural characteristics using multivariate regression analysis (statistical significance p < 0.05).
resultsOf the participants, 111 were from low and 105 from medium socio-economic backgrounds, with the latter demonstrating significantly better oral health knowledge and more proactive behaviours, such as regular preventive dental visits and lower consumption of sugary snacks (p < 0.05). Parents from low socio-economic backgrounds showed poor knowledge regarding aetiopathogenesis of common dental diseases, with significant differences for the effect of microbes in dental plaque accumulation formation (p = 0.03) and for brushing (p = 0.02) and sugary snack consumption (p = 0.04) in caries development. Multivariate regression analysis showed that area of residency and mother's occupation were significantly associated with decreased knowledge, that was associated with infrequent brushing and frequent sugary snack consumption.
conclusionSignificant associations highlighted the need for targeted educational interventions and public health policies to reduce oral health disparities and improve awareness.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.