NCT00328224

Oral Status and Prevalence of Dental Trauma in Children Treated With Ritalin Due to Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hadassah Medical Organization · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 5 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

To evaluate the dental status of children using ritalin and suffering from ADHA in comparison to healthy children.

Detailed description

In this trial oral and dental status of 30 children (ages 5-12) who suffer from ADHD and treated with ritalin will be evaluated. Parameters that will be checked are the following: DMFT - decay, missing, filling teeth for dental status, GI - gingival index, PI - plaque index for periodontal status. OJ - over jet and OB - over bite for inter-maxillary relations and susceptibility for dental trauma. In addition these parameters will be collected for 30 age and sex match healthy children.

Conditions

• Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity
• Dental Caries
• Dental Occlusion, Traumatic

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-05-01
• Completion: 2007-10-01
• First posted: 2006-05-19
• Last updated: 2007-11-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel