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Additionally, although 90% of respondents noted that the role of primary physicians in counselling\/referring children with oral health was important, 60% did not agree with the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AAPD<\/jats:styled-content> and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AAP<\/jats:styled-content> guidelines that state that all children should be referred to a dentist by 12\u00a0months of age. Multivariate logistic regression analyses revealed several statistically significant variables that predict the likelihood of performing various oral\u2010health\u2010related practices. The choice of public\u2010health\u2010oriented future clinical goals, the level of oral health knowledge, how interns rated their oral health training in medical school and the average number of children seen per week, all \u2013 to varying degrees \u2013 proved important predicator variables for the likelihood of performing them once in practice.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>More oral\u2010health\u2010related training of medical students seems warranted and could improve their interest in providing oral\u2010health\u2010related screening and referrals in practice. 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