Enabling Aboriginal dental assistants to apply fluoride varnish to the teeth of school-children in communities with a high Aboriginal population in New South Wales

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Dental caries prevention; Oral Health; Dental caries

• Registration Number: ISRCTN26746753
• Lead Sponsor: Poche Centre for Indigenous Health

Brief Summary

2019 protocol in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30693095/ (added 01/03/2021)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-07-03
• Study Completion: 2019-01-09
• Last Update Posted: 15 March 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 500

Inclusion Criteria

Children:
1. Aboriginal children
2. Aged 5-12 years
3. Non-Aboriginal children at the school’s request
4. 'At risk' of developing caries

Dental assistants:
5. Aboriginal
6. Minimum training requirement: Certificate III in dental assisting from a registered training organisation

Exclusion Criteria

Children:
1. Uncontrolled asthma
2. History of allergy to resins
3. Not 'at risk' of developing caries

Dental assistants:
4. Non-Aboriginal descent
5. No minimum qualification in dental assisting

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Number of Aboriginal dental assistants and supervising oral health therapists participating in the study throughout the 12 months<br> 2. Proportion of children who received one, two, three or four fluoride varnish applications over the study period assessed by reviewing clinical records at 3-month intervals and at the end of the study<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Readiness to change of dental assistants and oral health therapists through questionnaires before and after the 2-day training<br> 2. Cost analysis to determine the overall cost effectiveness of using dental assistants to apply fluoride varnish four times per year to school-children compared to oral health therapists based on hourly rates of pay assessed at the end of the study<br> 3. Satisfaction of key stakeholders assessed by a questionnaire at the end of the study<br>