Assessment of the Age, Reasons, Oral Health Status and Dental Treatment Needs of Children in Their First Dental Visit
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 1
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- reasons for the first dental visit.
研究概览
简要总结
to asses the age, reasons, oral health status and dental treatment needs of children in their first dental visit.
详细描述
We are going to provide each parent or guardian whose children fulfilling the inclusion criteria attending to Department of Paediatrics Dentistry at Cairo University to fulfil questionnaire which include multiple MCQ questions. The state of oral health and dental treatment needs will be assessed based on clinical examination, according to recommendations of the World Health Organization. The total number of teeth and number of teeth affected by decay (d, D) in every child will be recorded. The intensity of caries will be estimated based on the average dmf/DMF number, i.e. caries intensity index.
The dental treatment needs of each child will be assessed based on the following categories:
- None: no restorative treatment required.
- Simple: preventive treatment required, such as scaling and brushing, oral hygiene instruction (OHI), application of topical fluoride and fissure sealant.
- Moderate: one or more of teeth require one or two surface restoration.
- Complex: one or more teeth require three or four surface restoration / stainless steel crown, endodontic therapy and crown, and /or extraction(7) .
Reasons for first dental visit will be categories as :
a. Adaptive visit dental check-up preventive purpose. b. Tooth pain. c. Emergency case (tooth injury, abscess, infection). d. Decay noted by parent.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Ecologic Or Community
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 3 Years 至 12 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Children with Primary and mixed dentition.
- •Children visiting the dentist for the first time (first dental visit
排除标准
- •Children with systemic diseases or physical and mental problem.
- •Children whose parents refuse participation
结局指标
主要结局
reasons for the first dental visit.
时间窗: 1 year
There are different reasons for the first dental visit these reasons may be due to a- Adaptive visit dental check-up preventive purpose. b. Tooth pain. c. Emergency case (tooth injury, abscess, infection). d. Decay noted by parent. e. Any Other. Caregiver will be asked to fill a questionnaire include multiple reasons. The parents or Guardian select the most chief complain for coming to the first dental visit. And after selection the most common reason will determine.
次要结局
- dental treatment needs(1 years)
- age(1 years)
- oral health(1 years)
研究者
aya abd el mawgoud mohamed elsanhouri
princile investigator
Cairo University