A Culturally Tailored Approach Fails to Move the Needle on Childhood Caries
A cluster-randomised trial in Norway has evaluated the impact of a culturally adapted intervention on early childhood caries (ECC) among immigrant populations. The study, published in *Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology*, involved 345 immigrant parents of newborns across seven primary health centres. The intervention group received a multi-faceted program including motivational interviewing, counselling, and educational materials in their native languages, while the control group received standard care. At follow-up, clinical examinations and parental questionnaires assessed outcomes including carious lesions, plaque, and oral health behaviours. Initial results indicated a numerically lower prevalence of caries in the intervention group (7.7%) compared to controls (10.6%), though plaque accumulation was slightly higher.
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