Social Impact of Children's Dental Appearance

Dental Caries in Children Clinical Trial

Official title:

Social Impact of Children's Dental Appearance

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03800043
• Other study ID #: 25/2/18
• Status: Completed
• Start date: January 15, 2019
• Est. completion date: June 21, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: June 2021
• Source: University of Göttingen
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study evaluates the social impact of children's dental perception from children with or without caries experience. For this, children and their parents are shown pictures of child faces with healthy teeth, decayed teeth and teeth after dental treatment.

Description:

Appearance and abnormalities in the face influences the life of children: attractive children get estimated as more competent and find friends easier than those with a less attractive appearance. Therefore this study aimes to evaluate the social impact of children's dental perception from children with or without own caries experience (and their parents). Both groups (with/without caries experience) are shown pictures of children with different dental status (healthy teeth, decayed teeth and teeth after dental treatment) and asked to complete established questionnaires.The division into the groups is based on photos of the children with visible teeth.

The results should be evaluated descriptively and graphically. Also the comparison between the answers of both groups for the three different dental status is planned.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 180
• Est. completion date: June 21, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: July 31, 2019
• Gender: All
• Age group: 4 Years to 9 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• (parent of an child of) age 4-9 years

• sufficient compliance

• dividable into the two groups (with or without caries experience)

Exclusion Criteria:

• missing agreement to participate in the study

• insufficient compliance

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Dental Caries
• Dental Caries in Children

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	Department of Preventive Dentistry, Periodontology and Cariology, University Medical Center Goettingen, Germany	Göttingen	Lower Saxony

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Göttingen

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Children: Evaluation of the whole photos	Questionnaire: "How would you feel having a friend looking like this?" (showing the photos of the three different dental status) (4 point face scale of Soares et al. 2015)	2-3 minutes
Primary	Children: Evaluation of the mouth on the photo	Questionnaire: "How would you feel having a friend with a mouth looking like this" (showing the photos of the three different dental status) (4 point face scale of Soares et al. 2015)	2-3 minutes
Primary	Children: Evaluation of their own teeth	Questionnaire: "How do you feel when thinking about your own teeth?" (4 point face scale of Soares et al. 2015)	1-2 minutes
Primary	Why do you feel like this?		1-2 minutes
Secondary	Related parents: Evaluation of the whole photos	Questionnaire: Evaluate the pictures with the adjectives: clever, rude, kind, honest, confident, careful, helpful, stupid, naughty (4 point scale. 'strongly agree' = 4; 'agree' = 3; 'disagree' = 2; 'strongly disagree' = 1)	1-2 minutes