Figure.

Association between caregivers' assessments of their children's oral health status (measured with the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III self-reported item as excellent, very good, good, fair or poor) and their clinically determined treatment needs (measured with a modification of the caries severity index,^35–37 where 1 = no treatment needs, 2 = low to moderate treatment needs and 3 = advanced treatment needs) among the 108 caregiver-child dyads participating in the Carolina Oral Health Literacy³³ study.