Educating parents on child oral health related issues is one of the most important steps during the primary socialisation process. Leaflets form an important link in the chain of communication between oral health professionals,the parents and the child. As noted in this study,
although many paediatric oral health leaflets exist in Australia, they vary in content and readability. It was noted that leaflets that were adequate in terms of low literacy demand often had minimal information on child oral health. Conversely, the leaflets that had comprehensive
information required higher literacy skills, which may be difficult for parents from disadvantaged backgrounds or those from linguistically diverse communities.Our results suggest that is likely that leaflets with simple messages and low literacy demand are read by
more people compared to comprehensive leaflets.