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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

TypeNameDescription
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTcaries assessmentthe 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.