5. Conclusions
DENTAL CARIES
This study found that an oral health promotion intervention using the brief MI approach and AG among parents of young children improved the parental attitude toward the oral hygiene needs of young children. However, the intervention did not reduce the incidence of dental caries. Lack of exposure to community water fluoridation and parental fatalistic attitude toward the development of dental caries increased the risk of dental caries experience while university-level parental education was protective of dental caries experience.