Using Motivational Interviewing To Reduce Parental Risk-Related Behaviors For Early Childhood Caries

Using Motivational Interviewing To Reduce Parental Risk-Related Behaviors For Early Childhood Caries

The study's aim was to investigate if a motivational interviewing intervention (MI) improved oral self-care behaviors of AIAN caregivers of infants and determine if the MI intervention promoted positive changes in caregivers' ECC risk-related behaviors.

Inclusion Criteria:

- healthy mothers/caregivers of infants

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subjects with recent antibiotic use (within 3 months)
• Subjects on any medication that is immunosuppressive
• Subjects who self-report they have xerostomia due to medication use