Changing habits to prevent child caries
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Tooth decayOral Health
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN87811904
- Lead Sponsor
- Queen's University Belfast
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Ongoing
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 908
Inclusion Criteria
1. Child has at least one carious lesion into dentine
2. Aged =3 years and <8 years at the time of randomisation
3. Child is receiving NHS dental care
4. The intervention can be received in a comprehensible way by the child’s parent/primary caregiver
5. Written and informed consent obtained from child’s parent/primary caregiver and agreement to comply with the requirements of the study
Exclusion Criteria
1. Child presents with advanced caries that require referral for extractions
2. Child presents with only arrested carious lesions into dentine in primary teeth [arrested as defined within national epidemiological criteria]
3. Child is living in the same household as someone already recruited to the CHOICE Trial
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Caries experience (measured at dentinal level) at 24 months post-randomisation in any tooth which was caries-free or unerupted at baseline, measured by dental assessment at Screening/Baseline and 24 months (+/- 3 months)<br><br>Added 07/08/2024:<br>ENCOURAGE sub-study: <br>1. Salivary levels of lactic acid measured using salivary metabolomics at randomisation (baseline) and 6 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method