Assessment of parental oral health knowledge and behaviors among <scp>A</scp>merican <scp>I</scp>ndians of a Northern Plains tribe

Abstract

Surveyed AI parents had reasonably high levels of knowledge about oral health and caries prevention for their children but engaged at relatively lower levels in parental behaviors necessary to promote oral health. Strategies focused on behavior change, rather than knowledge alone, may be most likely to affect oral health outcomes for AI children.