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Therefore, this cross-sectional study evaluated the associations of parental oral health literacy, parental stress, parenting practices, and socioeconomic status with children's dental caries experience assessed during dental care.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A cross-sectional study involved children aged 4 to 12 attending the Pediatric Dentistry Clinic at the School of Dentistry, Federal University of Alfenas. Children underwent dental prophylaxis and a clinical examination to assess caries using the dmft\/DMFT index. Parents\u2019 oral health literacy was measured with the Brazilian version of the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry (BREALD-30), parental stress with the Parental Stress Scale (PSS), and family bonding with the Parenting Practices Inventory (PPI). Statistical analysis was performed using the Kruskal-Walli's test and Poisson regression, with a significance level of 5%.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Among 134 parent\u2013child dyads, children were mostly male (52.2%;\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200970; mean age: 7.64\u2009\u00b1\u20092.21 years), and parents\/guardians were predominantly female (88.1%;\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009118; age: 29\u201340 years). Higher parental oral health literacy, more positive parenting practices, older parental age, and older child age were associated with lower dmft\/DMFT values, whereas lower family income was associated with higher dmft\/DMFT values.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Higher parental oral health literacy was associated with lower DMFT\/dmft values in children. 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