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Sorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article. Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative. Skip to main content. Search all BMC articles Search. Download PDF. Abstract Background This article aims to provide a description of conceptual dimensions and psychometric properties of the tools of oral and dental health literacy.

Methods Two authors in this study conducted electronic searches in the Medline via PubMed , and Embase databases to find relevant articles from to present day.

Results After reviewing articles on oral and dental health literacy and evaluating 33 full text articles for eligibility, 21 articles entered the study.

Conclusion The findings of this study showed that some aspects of oral and dental health literacy are being ignored in the existing tools.

Background In the twenty-first century, health literacy HL has been introduced as a global issue and a priority in health [ 1 , 2 ], and the World Health Organization has identified HL as one of the greatest determinants of health [ 3 , 4 ]. Measuring oral and dental health literacy Dickson-Swift et al. Table 1 Library Search Strategy Full size table.

Results Two authors screened articles, and the full text of 33 articles. Flowchart of article selection. Full size image. Table 3 Dimensions assessed in health literacy measures Full size table. Discussion In this study, we attempted to examine tools that measure OHL. Practice implications Since oral and dental health literacy tools are still being developed and designed, the relevant stakeholders including health professionals, treatment team and researchers are recommended to evaluate the tools available to synchronize them with the conceptual and scientific perspective related to their specialized goals.

Study limitations One of the limitations of this study was that, only studies in English were included in the review. Availability of data and materials The datasets used and analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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