Periodontitis, Juvenile Clinical Trial
Official title:
Pilot Study on Oral Health Status Chairside Mouthrinse Test in Finnish Adolescents and Cost Effectiveness of the Test
The aim is to study whether participants at risk could be identified using an aMMP-8 chairside mouth rinse test and to study if oral health and health behaviour is linked to the test result in Finnish adolescents.
Adolescents (14-15-year-olds) are randomly divided to control group and test group. Chairside mouth rinse test for aMMP-8 is performed for the test group. Two groups are compared with each other. Participants are asked to fill a questionnaire which consists of questions concerning oral hygiene habits, tobacco products, alcohol, drug and snuff use. ;