Oral Health, Bite Force and Dementia

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Oral Hygiene; Dementia; Chewing Problem
• Interventions: Procedure: Oral Health; Procedure: Bite Force

• Registration Number: NCT03775772
• Lead Sponsor: University of Zurich

Brief Summary

Study aims: The primary aim is to identify influencing variables on oral hygiene / oral health and bite force in patients with dementia.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-06-23
• Status Verified: 2018-12
• Study Start: 2018-12-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-12-13
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-12-13
• Study First Posted: 2018-12-14
• Last Update Posted: 2018-12-14
• Primary Completion: 2020-12-31
• Study Completion: 2020-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

• > 59 years
• no acute processes being present
• no known cranio-mandibular dysorder (CMD) or finding of any CMD during study participation
• non or Maximum of one dental hygiene treatment in the last 12 months

Exclusion Criteria

• younger than 60 years
• acute processes in the oral-facial Region
• known CDM case
• more than one dental hygiene treatment in the last 12 months

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Oral Health - Test Group	Oral Health	- study population is randomly assigned to control and test group
Bite Force/Chewing Efficacy-Test Group	Bite Force	- study population is randomly assigned to control and test group

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Oral Health (dental examination)	1 year	Decayed, Missing, Filled - Index (dmf/t)
Chewing function I (examination with force gauge meter)	1 year	Bite Force (Bite Force Meter in Newton)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Chewing function II (two-coloured chewing gum to test efficacy)	1 year	Chewing Efficacy (chew two-coloured chewing gum 20 times, visual and optoelectronic evaluation)
Nutrition I (questionnaire/ assessment of nutritional state)	1 year	Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) (Malnutrition present? yes/no/at risk)
Nutrition II (examination for weight and body-size)	1 year	Body Mass Index (BMI) (normal weight / under-weight / over-weight)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Clinic of General, Special Care and Geriatric Dentistry; 🇨🇭 Zürich, Switzerland