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Our aim was to assess oral health-related quality of life and its association with oral health literacy and dental caries among a group of Iranian pregnant women.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Materials and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n \n A cross-sectional study was conducted on 200 pregnant women attending a governmental hospital in Isfahan, Iran, applying a convenient sampling method. Self-administrated questionnaires requested information about demographics, oral health-related quality of life utilizing Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14), and oral health literacy. A senior dental student conducted a clinical examination to record dental caries with Decayed, Missing, and Filled Teeth (DMFT) index. Kolmogorov\u2013Smirnov test, Mann\u2013Whitney\n U<\/jats:italic>\n -test, Kruskal\u2013Wallis test, Spearman correlation coefficient, and logistic regression model served for analysis (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.05).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n \n The prevalence of oral health impacts on quality of life was 36%. In terms of the severity, the mean score of OHIP-14 was 13.2 \u00b1 9.0 (range: 0\u201338). The mean score of oral health literacy was 9.7 \u00b1 3.2 (range: 1\u201316). The mean DMFT was 9.8 \u00b1 5.2. No significant relationship existed between oral health-related quality of life and oral health literacy (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.347). A higher score of OHIP-14 was revealed among participants with higher DMFT index (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.003,\n r<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.21). In multivariate analysis, DMFT was independently associated with the likelihood of reporting one or more oral health impacts on quality of life (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.05).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n Higher caries experience was associated with poorer oral health-related quality of life among pregnant women. 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