NCT06710483

A Pilot Project to Facilitate Dental Care and Reduce Barriers For Youth With Disabilities

Do Telehealth Dental Interviews Facilitate in Person Clinical Visits for Patients With Complex Medical Needs?

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Boston University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This randomized clinical trial is an innovative pilot project to determine the acceptance and impact of telehealth visits on youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), their caregivers, and dentists. The impact of the telehealth visit will be assessed by: 1) determining if the intervention group was more likely to achieve the set goals and 2) Likert scaled surveys of satisfaction of caregivers and dentists. Qualitative data will be collected to inform improvement on clinical interviews by the dentist.

Conditions

• Intellectual Disability, Variable

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Pre-Dental Telehealth (PDT)	The PDT will be a scripted telehealth interview 3-7 days before the scheduled dental visit to review medical and dental history, to evaluate the participants' needs for the dental visit, and to set an agreed goal for the dental visit using shared decision making. The goal wlll be one of the following: Goal 1: exam cleaning only, Goal 2: exam and cleaning, Goal 3: exam, radiographs, and cleaning.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-08-20
• Primary completion: 2026-06-01
• Completion: 2026-06-01
• First posted: 2024-11-29
• Last updated: 2025-09-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States