NCT03650634

Prevalence of Erupted Supernumerary Teeth Among a Group of Egyptian Children Aged From Six to Fifteen Years Old

Prevalence of Erupted Supernumerary Teeth Among a Group of Egyptian Children Aged From Six to Fifteen Years Old: a Cross Sectional Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 604 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Years – 15 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the prevalence of erupted supernumerary teeth among a group of Egyptian children aged from 6-15 years old attending the Outpatients' clinic of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University.

Detailed description

* Clinical examination will be done for participants fulfilling the inclusion criteria after obtaining an informed consent from parents for acceptance of participation in the study after explaining the purpose of the study and the measures that will be held to the child. * A custom made examination chart (Appendix 1) will be filled out, during face to face interview with the child and/or his parents, including: date, name, age, gender, address, medical history and previous dental treatment followed by clinical examination to detect the presence of supernumerary teeth. * The presence of supernumerary teeth and its type and location will be recorded in the examination chart. * Each child with supernumerary teeth will be given a letter, translated into Arabic, outlining his dental status to inform the parents about the condition and the need for treatment Examination chart (Appendix 1 ): Date :................................................................... Personal information: Name............................................. Age.......................................... Gender :.......................................... Address : ................................ Phone number : .................................................. Medical history: ......................................................... .................................................................................. Previous dental history: ........................................... ...................................................................................... Clinical examination : Supernumerary teeth: presence / absence Location : ........................................... Type :..................................................

Conditions

• Supernumerary Teeth

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-05-01
• Primary completion: 2019-07-30
• Completion: 2019-09-01
• First posted: 2018-08-29
• Last updated: 2020-07-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt