Perception of Children With Visible Untreated and Treated Caries

Dental Caries Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Perception of Children With Visible Untreated and Treated Caries

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02899273
• Other study ID #: 36/2/16
• Status: Completed
• Start date: April 1, 2016
• Est. completion date: February 21, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: April 2019
• Source: University of Göttingen
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Clinical Trial Summary

In Germany about 5 to 20% of children suffer from early childhood caries (ECC). Preceding results of eye-tracking-studies on the perception of patients with unilateral cleft and patients with severe orthognathic malocclusion let us assume that caries and missing teeth might influence the observer's focus. The aim of this study is to test the hypothesis that the faces of patients with ECC and patients with signs of dental treatment (crown, gap etc.) are contemplated differently from and assessed more negatively than healthy patients. Particular attention should be paid to potential differences between the findings of the two observer-groups (medical laypersons/ dental students).

Description:

In Germany about 5 to 20% of children suffer from early childhood caries (ECC). Resulting in complications like damages of the permanent teeth, pain and developmental disorder of the affected jaw, ECC might additionally lead to social exclusion. Previous eye-tracking-studies about the perception of patients with unilateral cleft and patients with severe orthognathic malocclusion demonstrated that these variations are transferring the observer's focus from the eyes and nose to the affected region. The aim of this study is to test the hypothesis that the faces of patients with ECC and patients with signs of dental treatment (crown, gap etc.) are contemplated differently from and assessed more negatively than healthy patients. Particular attention should be paid to potential differences between the findings of the two observer-groups (medical laypersons/ dental students).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 38
• Est. completion date: February 21, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: December 8, 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• healthy

• student of the University of Göttingen or Hildesheim

• age = 18 years

• people who agreed to participate in the study

• right-hander

Exclusion Criteria:

• missing agreement to participate in the study

• missing cooperation,

• age < 18 years

• left-hander

• wearer of glasses

• people with severe systemic diseases, especially states with associated temporary or permanent restriction of immune status

• people with severe mental illness who have altered perception or neurophysiological stimulus processing.

• people who take regularly or at the time of the study drug or drugs that altered a perception or neurophysiological stimulus processing

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Dental Caries

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	Department of Preventive Dentistry, Periodontology and Cariology, University Medical Center Goettingen, Germany	Göttingen	Lower Saxony
Germany	Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, Institute of Psychology, University of Hildesheim Hildesheim, Germany	Hildesheim	Lower Saxony

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Göttingen	Stiftung Universität Hildesheim

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The first fixation on one of both pictures will be measured	both pictures: a) emotional, b) neutral	3 sec
Secondary	First fixation of one of three areas of interest will be measured	areas of interest: a) eyes, b) nose, c) mouth	300 msec
Secondary	Fixation time and fixation number of areas of interest will be measured	areas of interest: a) eyes, b) nose, c) mouth	2 sec
Secondary	Are the pictures different in valence, arousal, attractiveness	Questionnaire: How pleasant this stimulus is for you? (9 point scale: 1 negative - 9 positive); How exciting is this stimulus to you? (9 point scale: 1 low - 9 high) 3 How attractive is this appeal to you? (9 point scale: 1 unattractive - 9 attractive) Self-Assessment-Manikin scales	30 min