Prevalence of Erupted Supernumerary Teeth Among a Group of Egyptian Children Aged From Six to Fifteen Years Old

Completed

• Conditions: Supernumerary Teeth

• Registration Number: NCT03650634
• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the prevalence of erupted supernumerary teeth among a group of Egyptian children aged from 6-15 years old attending the Outpatients' clinic of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University.

Detailed Description

* Clinical examination will be done for participants fulfilling the inclusion criteria after obtaining an informed consent from parents for acceptance of participation in the study after explaining the purpose of the study and the measures that will be held to the child.

* A custom made examination chart (Appendix 1) will be filled out, during face to face interview with the child and/or his parents, including: date, name, age, gender, address, medical history and previous dental treatment followed by clinical examination to detect the presence of supernumerary teeth.

* The presence of supernumerary teeth and its type and location will be recorded in the examination chart.

* Each child with supernumerary teeth will be given a letter, translated into Arabic, outlining his dental status to inform the parents about the condition and the need for treatment

Examination chart (Appendix 1 ):

Date :...................................................................

Personal information:

Name............................................. Age..........................................

Gender :.......................................... Address : ................................

Phone number : .................................................. Medical history: ......................................................... ..................................................................................

Previous dental history: ...........................................

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Clinical examination :

Supernumerary teeth: presence / absence Location : ........................................... Type :..................................................

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-08-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-08-28
• Study First Posted: 2018-08-29
• Study Start: 2019-05-01
• Primary Completion: 2019-07-30
• Study Completion: 2019-09-01
• Status Verified: 2020-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-07-17
• Last Update Posted: 2020-07-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 604

Inclusion Criteria

• Positive patient and parent acceptance for participation in the study.
• Patients who are medically free from any systemic disease.
• Children aged from 6 to 15 years old.
• Both sexes will be included.

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Exclusion Criteria

• Uncooperative children.
• Handicapped children.
• Children who refuse to participate in the study.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
prevalence of supernumerary teeth	6 months	Measuring device: clinical examination. Measuring unit : binary (yes or/ no ).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Cairo University; 🇪🇬 Cairo, Manial, Egypt