Preventing Caries in Preschoolers: Testing a Unique Service Delivery Model in American Indian Head Start Programs

Usual Care Clinical Trial

Official title: Preventing Caries in Preschoolers: Testing a Unique Service Delivery Model in American Indian Head Start Programs

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

An intensive intervention of specially trained paraprofessionals, called community oral health specialists (COHS), administering on a quarterly basis for 2 years fluoride varnish and oral health promotion education, compared to usual care, will reduce decayed, missing, and filled tooth surface measures at 2 years for children in American Indian Head Start Programs.

Clinical Trial Description

The study design will be a clustered randomized design. Fifty-two head start classes in a Southwest American Indian Reservation will be randomized, 26 to the intervention program and 26 to usual care. The intervention will be comprised of specially trained paraprofessionals, called community oral health specialists (COHS), administering fluoride varnish and oral health promotion education quarterly for 2 years. Baseline and annual measures of decayed, missing, and filled tooth surfaces (dmfs) of the children, and surveys of their caregivers' dental knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors will be completed. The study will be a 5-year study, with 2 years for intake/accrual, and 3 years of follow-up. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Usual Care

• NCT number: NCT01116739
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of Colorado, Denver
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Start date: April 2011
• Completion date: December 2018