NCT03234231

Supervised Brushing Programme for Intellectual Disabled Students

Supervised Toothbrushing Programme and Oral Health Education for Intellectual Disabled Students: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 602 (estimated)
• Sponsor: MD Equation · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Intellectual disabled persons faced more dental problems. According to a medical review paper of international and local studies, this group has poorer dental hygiene, more severe gum disease and more untreated caries. In 2010, a report from the guardians in Hong Kong mentioned that most adults with intellectual disability cannot clean their teeth, the have dental problems and it is very difficult for intellectually disabled students to co-operate during the dental treatment. In order to alleviate their dental problems, supervised toothbrushing programme and an oral health education talk are proposed. The investigators investigate the effectiveness of the supervised toothbrushing programme and an oral health education talk. The target group of the study is mild to moderate grade intellectual disabled students of special schools in Hong Kong. A clustered randomised controlled trial design is adopted.

Detailed description

Intellectual disabled persons faced more dental problems. According to a medical review paper of international and local studies, this group has poorer dental hygiene, more severe gum disease and more untreated caries. In 2010, a report from the guardians in Hong Kong mentioned that most adults with intellectual disability cannot clean their teeth, the have dental problems and it is very difficult for intellectually disabled students to co-operate during the dental treatment. In order to alleviate their dental problems, supervised toothbrushing programme and an oral health education talk are proposed. The investigators investigate the effectiveness of the supervised toothbrushing programme and an oral health education talk. The target group of the study is mild to moderate grade intellectual disabled students of special schools in Hong Kong. A clustered randomised controlled trial design is adopted.

Conditions

• Oral Health
• Intellectual Disability
• Randomized Controlled Trial

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	3-month supervised tooth brushing programme	One or a few dental hygienists, who are trained to teach how to brush and provide scaling, will supervise the students to brush daily in school for three months.
BEHAVIORAL	oral health education talk	It is conducted by a dentist, while written materials will be delivered to the students and their carers.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-05-01
• Primary completion: 2018-11-30
• Completion: 2018-12-31
• First posted: 2017-07-31
• Last updated: 2018-03-30