Social Impact of Children's Dental Appearance

Completed

• Conditions: Dental Caries in Children

• Registration Number: NCT03800043
• Lead Sponsor: University of Göttingen

Brief Summary

This study evaluates the social impact of children's dental perception from children with or without caries experience. For this, children and their parents are shown pictures of child faces with healthy teeth, decayed teeth and teeth after dental treatment.

Detailed Description

Appearance and abnormalities in the face influences the life of children: attractive children get estimated as more competent and find friends easier than those with a less attractive appearance. Therefore this study aimes to evaluate the social impact of children's dental perception from children with or without own caries experience (and their parents). Both groups (with/without caries experience) are shown pictures of children with different dental status (healthy teeth, decayed teeth and teeth after dental treatment) and asked to complete established questionnaires.The division into the groups is based on photos of the children with visible teeth.

The results should be evaluated descriptively and graphically. Also the comparison between the answers of both groups for the three different dental status is planned.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2019-01-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-01-08
• Study First Posted: 2019-01-10
• Study Start: 2019-01-15
• Primary Completion: 2019-07-31
• Status Verified: 2021-06
• Study Completion: 2021-06-21
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-06-21
• Last Update Posted: 2021-06-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 180

Inclusion Criteria

• (parent of an child of) age 4-9 years
• sufficient compliance
• dividable into the two groups (with or without caries experience)

Exclusion Criteria

• missing agreement to participate in the study
• insufficient compliance

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Children: Evaluation of the mouth on the photo	2-3 minutes	Questionnaire: "How would you feel having a friend with a mouth looking like this" (showing the photos of the three different dental status) (4 point face scale of Soares et al. 2015)
Children: Evaluation of their own teeth	1-2 minutes	Questionnaire: "How do you feel when thinking about your own teeth?" (4 point face scale of Soares et al. 2015)
Why do you feel like this?	1-2 minutes
Children: Evaluation of the whole photos	2-3 minutes	Questionnaire: "How would you feel having a friend looking like this?" (showing the photos of the three different dental status) (4 point face scale of Soares et al. 2015)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Related parents: Evaluation of the whole photos	1-2 minutes	Questionnaire: Evaluate the pictures with the adjectives: clever, rude, kind, honest, confident, careful, helpful, stupid, naughty (4 point scale. 'strongly agree' = 4; 'agree' = 3; 'disagree' = 2; 'strongly disagree' = 1)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Preventive Dentistry, Periodontology and Cariology, University Medical Center Goettingen, Germany; 🇩🇪 Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany