Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT05652231
Assessment of Dental Caries Among a Group of Institutionalized Orphan Children Compared to Parented School Children
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 156 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Ahram Canadian University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 6 Years – 12 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
Children from two orphanages will be examined for dental caries experience, in comparison to parented school children.
Detailed description
A total of 156 children were included in this study, they were, residing in governmental orphanage, non-governmental orphanage and parented children attending primary school. Written informed consent was obtained prior to the start of the study, form legal guardians or child's parent. Dental examination was carried out on an ordinary chair beside a window on day light. DMF and def indices were used to assess dental caries for primary and permanent teeth. Also, unmet treatment need index, care index and significant caries index were calculated.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIAGNOSTIC_TEST | caries assessment | the child will examined for dental caries, caries prevalence, caries indices (def and DMF, or DMF) |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2022-11-01
- Primary completion
- 2023-01-01
- Completion
- 2023-01-01
- First posted
- 2022-12-15
- Last updated
- 2023-03-06
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Egypt
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT05652231. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.