A study to evaluate whether absence of teeth causes nutritional deficiencies.
Phase 4
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Completely edentulous female of 45-65 yrs without history of denture wearing and food supplements.
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2014/10/005112
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Biotechnology New Delhi India
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 189
Inclusion Criteria
i) Class 1 complete edentulous (2 â?? 6 months) with no history of denture wearing for case group/ class 1 occlusion with complete dentition for control group
ii) Female age between 45 -65 yrs.
Exclusion Criteria
i) Women suffering from any metabolic disease/malignancy
ii) Age less than 45 yrs and more than 65 yrs
iii) Women diagnosed with osteoporosis or undergoing any treatment for the same
iv) Patients on food supplements
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Assessment of Nutritional Status: This would be assessed by biochemical investigations and diet record of the patient. <br/ ><br>a)Haemoglobin estimation <br/ ><br>b)Serum Calcium <br/ ><br>c)Serum albumin <br/ ><br>d)Vitamin DTimepoint: First follow up will be done in 3 months and second follow up will be done at 6 months.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Evaluation of bone mineral density by bone densitometryTimepoint: 2 years;Evaluation of Masticatory efficiency by electromyography of masseter muscle and masticatory performance by fractional sieving testTimepoint: 2 years