What do Parents Know About Space Maintainers

Completed

• Conditions: Tooth Loss; Oral Health; Dental Caries in Children

• Registration Number: NCT06162754
• Lead Sponsor: Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Training and Research Hospital

Brief Summary

Space maintainers are frequently used to prevent malocclusion problems in early primary tooth loss. Oral health literacy is defined as the capacity of individuals to learn, understand and evaluate basic oral health information. It is considered that parents' awareness of space maintainers may be affected by various factors such as their demographic characteristics and oral health literacy. The aim was to evaluate the relationship between variables by determining parents' awareness of space maintainers and their oral health literacy.

Detailed Description

This cross-sectional study included 600 children and their parents. The survey, which included questions about sociodemographic characteristics and space maintainer awareness, was administered to parents face to face. Then, parents' oral health literacy levels were measured with TREALD-30 and TREALD-30A scales.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-08-30
• Primary Completion: 2022-10-30
• Study Completion: 2022-12-30
• Study First Submitted: 2023-10-25
• Status Verified: 2023-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-12-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-12-07
• Study First Posted: 2023-12-08
• Last Update Posted: 2023-12-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 600

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients who did not require urgent treatment,
• Who did not use medication for psychiatric reasons,
• Who did not have any mental illness were included.

Exclusion Criteria

• Those who did not meet the inclusion criteria were excluded from the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
oral health literacy of the parents	for three months from the beginning of the study	Oral health literacy of parents was assessed using the Turkish Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry (TREALD-30 ) scale.
oral health literacy of the parents assessed by TREALD-30A scale	for three months from the beginning of the study	Oral health literacy of parents was assessed using the Turkish Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry (TREALD-30A) scale.
the knowledge about space maintainers of the parents	for three months from the beginning of the study	15 questions that evaluates the awareness about space maintainers of parents was applied face to face.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
the correlation between oral health literacy and knowledge about space maintainers of parents	for three months from the beginning of the study	the correlation between oral health literacy and knowledge about space maintainers of parents was assessed using TREALD scales and a questionnaire.

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Sema AYDINOGLU; 🇹🇷 Rize, Turkey

Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Training and Research Hospital; 🇹🇷 Rize, Turkey