NCT06162754

What do Parents Know About Space Maintainers

What do Parents Know About Space Maintainers: Its Relationship With Parents' Oral Health Literacy and Children's Oral Health

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 600 (actual)
• Sponsor: Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Training and Research Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

Space maintainers are frequently used to prevent malocclusion problems in early primary tooth loss. Oral health literacy is defined as the capacity of individuals to learn, understand and evaluate basic oral health information. It is considered that parents' awareness of space maintainers may be affected by various factors such as their demographic characteristics and oral health literacy. The aim was to evaluate the relationship between variables by determining parents' awareness of space maintainers and their oral health literacy.

Detailed description

This cross-sectional study included 600 children and their parents. The survey, which included questions about sociodemographic characteristics and space maintainer awareness, was administered to parents face to face. Then, parents' oral health literacy levels were measured with TREALD-30 and TREALD-30A scales.

Conditions

• Oral Health
• Dental Caries in Children
• Tooth Loss

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	A questionnaire and TREALD scales were applied to parents.	The survey, which included questions about sociodemographic characteristics and space maintainer awareness, was administered to parents face to face. Then, parents' oral health literacy levels were measured with TREALD-30 and TREALD-30A scales.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-08-30
• Primary completion: 2022-10-30
• Completion: 2022-12-30
• First posted: 2023-12-08
• Last updated: 2023-12-08

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)