NCT03576326

BEhavioral EConomics for Oral Health iNnovation Trial

Influence of Financial Incentives on Oral Disease Management in Young Children

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 244 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Months – 47 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This Phase II stratified randomized prevention trial will assess the efficacy of a behavioral economic theory-based financial incentive drawing program versus a control regimen to promote early childhood caries (ECC) preventive health behaviors (toothbrushing performance) for young children of predominantly Latino parents/caregivers in Early Head Start (EHS) and day care center programs.

Conditions

• Toothbrushing
• Dental Plaque
• Parent-Child Relations
• Oral Hygiene
• Dental Caries

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Drawing Incentive	The Monetary Reward intervention is a drawing reward, in which participants are eligible for weekly rewards based on toothbrushing performance.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-05-09
• Primary completion: 2021-05-13
• Completion: 2021-06-30
• First posted: 2018-07-03
• Last updated: 2025-09-19
• Results posted: 2025-09-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States