Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Withdrawn
Administrative data
NCT number |
NCT02925780 |
Other study ID # |
RIAFLUOR |
Secondary ID |
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Status |
Withdrawn |
Phase |
N/A
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First received |
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Last updated |
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Start date |
December 2019 |
Est. completion date |
December 2021 |
Study information
Verified date |
June 2023 |
Source |
DMG Dental Material Gesellschaft mbH |
Contact |
n/a |
Is FDA regulated |
No |
Health authority |
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Study type |
Interventional
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Clinical Trial Summary
Clinical trial to investigate the clinical efficiency of resin infiltration compared to
microabrasion in the improvement of dental fluorosis.
Description:
Dental fluorosis is an endemic public health concern that develops if infants are subjected
to excessive amounts of fluoride during enamel formation. Anatomopathologically, dental
fluorosis presents itself as a hypermineralized surface layer and subsurface
hypomineralization involving the external third of the thickness of the enamel, which is
equivalent to early carious lesions. In addition, fluorosis features a number of clinical
changes in the enamel surface, ranging from the appearance of thin white lines up to severe
structural defects, thereby compromising overall esthetics, which sometimes leads to children
dropping out of school due to its psychological impact.
The aim of this controlled clinical trial is to evaluate the efficacy of enamel microabrasion
and resin infiltration in improving the dental esthetic of patients with fluorosis. Resin
infiltration is a microinvasive technique that can improve the esthetics by infiltrating a
low-viscosity resin (that has a similar refractive index to enamel) into the porose
hypomineralized enamel of fluorosed white spots. This approach thus largely preserves the
enamel compared to more invasive techniques such as microabrasion and has been shown to be
efficient in previous studies.
This study will be conducted in the provinces of Pichincha and Cotopaxi, Ecuador and patients
between 10 to 12 years of age with stage 1, 2, and 3 fluorosis according to the Thylstrup and
Fejerskov (TF) scale or questionable, very mild, and mild fluorosis according to Dean's Index
will be recruited. In addition to the immediate esthetic improvement, long term stability of
the outcome will be assessed at 3, 6 and 12 months.