NCT05678153

Effect of Passive Smoking on Orofacial Dysfunction Among a Group of Egyptian Children: A Cohort Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 20 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Ahram Canadian University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 4 Years – 7 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aims to investigate the orofacial dysfunction in children who are subjected to passive smoking and to correlate its results to their saliva cotinine levels

Detailed description

The participants will be recruited from the pedodontics outpatient clinic in the, Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Ahram Canadian University, Egypt. The aim and the steps of the study will be explained to the guardian. After obtaining the informed consent, the investigator will fill an administrative questionnaire, which includes parents and child's personal data, medical and dental history, a question inquiring if one of the parents smokes in the house, the frequency of smoking, smoking type, and number of cigarettes (if present). Then, the examination of orofacial dysfunction will be evaluated by the investigator, using Nordic Orofacial Test - screen (NOT-S)

Conditions

• Smoking
• Orofacial Dysfunction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Nordic Orofacial Test-Screen (NOT-S)	screening tool to detect orofacial dysfunction

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-05-01
• Primary completion: 2023-06-01
• Completion: 2023-06-15
• First posted: 2023-01-10
• Last updated: 2023-03-06