fa بررسی سواد سلامت و وضعیت بهداشت دهان و دندان در جمعیت عشایری عمومی general تحقیقی Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Background and Aims:</strong> One of the most important determinants of health is Oral Health Literacy (OHL). The aim of this study was to investigate the OHL among nomadic population in Kouhrang city as pristine society.<br> <strong>Materials and Methods:</strong> This was a&nbsp; cross -sectional descriptive study among 200 nomadic population aged 18-60 years of Kouhrang city in 2018. Data were collected using a questionnaire and face-to-face interview, sampling method was performed by randomized cluster. The questionnaire consisted of 17 questions in 4 sections of reading comprehension, listening, perception of number, and decision making. According to the number of questions, the questionnaire score was formed 0 to 17 and the nomadic populations were categorized into three groups with inadequate OHL (0-9), borderline OHL (10-11), and adequate OHL (912-17).<br> <strong>Results:</strong> The mean and standard deviation of the participants in this study was 35.49&plusmn;12.00. The results showed that 7.00% of participants had sufficient OHL (12-17), 21.51% borderline (10-11), and 71.50% had inadequate OHL<br> (0-9). The mean and standard deviation of OHL score in general was 7.65&plusmn;2.80, and the mean DMFT index was 8.03&plusmn;5.64 (P<0.001).<br> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> The results of this study showed that the OHL score in the nomadic population was low, and also the mean DMFT index was very high. It is necessary to pay attention to the timely prevention and treatment of the teeth, as well as serious attention to the health education in this population.</div> سواد سلامت, دهان و دندان, عشایر Health literacy, Oral and dental, Nomads 177 185 http://jdm.tums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-733-7&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Hamid Gheibipour حمید غیبی پور epidemiology.shokri@sbmu.ac.ir No Researcher Member of Modeling in Health Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran پژوهشگر عضو مرکز تحقیقات مدل سازی در سلامت، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهرکرد، شهرکرد، ایران Ali Ahmadi علی احمدی epidemiology.shokri@sbmu.ac.ir No Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran; Researcher Member of Modeling in Health Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran استادیار گروه آموزشی اپیدمیولوژی و آمار زیستی، دانشکده بهداشت، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهرکرد، شهرکرد، ایران؛ عضو مرکز تحقیقات مدل سازی در سلامت، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی و خدمات بهداشتی، درمانی شهرکرد، شهرکرد، ایران Abolghsem Shokri ابوالقاسم شکری epidemiology.shokri@sbmu.ac.ir Yes Master Degree Of Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran کارشناسی ارشد اپیدمیولوژی، گروه آموزشی اپیدمیولوژی، دانشکده بهداشت، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی و خدمات بهداشتی، درمانی شهید بهشتی، تهران، ایران