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The purpose of this study is to examine pacifier sucking habits among children, and to assess implications of the oral habit - for example malocclusions and drooling. The effect of pacifier sucking will be recorded and compared to pacifier type and frequency of use.


Clinical Trial Description

Pacifier study protocol

- The study will take place in children day care centers in Jerusalem and "HaSharon" area.

- First step = Receiving an approval from the Children's parents and the day care management for the research.

- Next step = Examine a total of 400 children who use a pacifier, with a dental mirror in regular lighting condition.

- The procedure is short, no need of repetition or tracing and without any side effects or discomfort.

Part 1- a short questionnaire of demographic background- will be answered by the parents:

1. Personal details- Parents names and ages, child's name and ID number, relation to the child (mother, father…)

2. Social economic status - mother's education, place of residence, number of children in the family.

3. Child's personal details -gender, age, number of siblings

4. Pacifier use habits- period of use, type of pacifier, frequency of use, reason of using a pacifier.

5. Child's Dental condition- drooling, cross bite, open bite.

6. Parents' Awareness of pacifier's effect on mouth development.

7. Parents' approval for child examination. Part 2- clinical- visual examination for identification of relevant findings

1. Child's pacifier type. 2. Dental clinical examination performed in a lightened room:

- Diagnosis of caries- data will be written in a chart.

- Diagnosis of malocclusion- open bite or cross bite 3. Diagnosis of drooling from mouth corners which indicates malocclusion. Redness or dryness around lips and chin can imply drooling. ;


Study Design

N/A


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


NCT number NCT01249885
Study type Observational
Source Hadassah Medical Organization
Contact Hadas Katz-Sagi, DMD
Phone 972 2 67778326
Email hadaskatzsagi@gmai.com
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date January 2011
Completion date January 2013

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