A Pilot Study to Promote Maternal and Infant Oral Health

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Dental Caries
• Interventions: Behavioral: Education only; Behavioral: Nutrition plus education

• Registration Number: NCT00719238
• Lead Sponsor: UConn Health

Brief Summary

The long term goals of this project are to develop and implement a combined prenatal and postnatal intervention to decrease early childhood caries. The program is based on risk assessment, diet intervention and counseling. To accomplish these goals a pilot study is needed to determine: 1) The ability to recruit and retain pregnant mothers in an intervention program; 2) The levels of S. mutans in pregnant mothers; 3) The ability of a diet intervention to decrease S. mutans in pregnant mothers.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-01
• Primary Completion: 2008-05
• Status Verified: 2008-07
• Study Completion: 2008-07
• Study First Submitted: 2008-07-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-07-18
• Last Update Submitted: 2008-07-18
• Study First Posted: 2008-07-21
• Last Update Posted: 2008-07-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 121

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 18 or over;
• Pregnant
• High S. mutans levels

Exclusion Criteria

• Younger than 18;
• Other health conditions

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
2	Education only	-
1	Nutrition plus education	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Sugar intake	3 months post partum

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
mutans streptococci levels	3 months post partum

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Connecticut Health Center; 🇺🇸 Farmington, Connecticut, United States