View clinical trials related to Early Childhood Caries.
Filter by:During 2019-2020, the National Oral Health Survey evaluated a significant sample of children aged 5, 6 and 12 years, gathering baseline data on oral health. Data was used to estimate the distribution and severity of dental caries, the need for community-oriented disease prevention and health promotion, and the nature of oral health intervention(s) required. The survey also established how younger age groups can be reached and evaluated. Only 14% of 6 years old children have dmft 0 and the SiC index of the same sample is 9.83. High prevalence of tooth decay with high severity scores, significant inequalities in oral health and poor use and access to services showed the need for a child oral health programme. The originality of the project lies in the vision of using fluoridated toothpaste not only as a means of preventing new carious lesions but also in the therapeutic effect of fluoridated toothpaste, which the study set out to evaluate. This programme could represent an example of good practice for the countries in our region, starting from downstream oral health interventions, such as clinical prevention and oral health promotion, and developing towards upstream interventions. The aim of the project is to improve oral health and reduce inequalities both in dental health and access to dental services by shifting the balance of care towards preventive care. The programme is structured on three levels: 1. Specific training for dental hygienists to deliver oral health promotion to children and nursery educators, focus on tailoring key messages outlined in the care pathway and practical preparation for delivering interventions in nurseries. 2. A toothpaste/toothbrushing scheme involving free daily toothbrushing to every 3 and 4-year old child attending nursery. 3. Provision of clinical prevention activities delivered by dental hygienists for children attending nurseries. The evaluation of the programme consolidates and builds upon previous evaluation work of the National Oral Health Survey for children. Due to the fact that it is a pilot programme aiming to be further implemented at national level, an evolving model of evaluation is appropriate. This allows the evaluation to be responsive to issues emerging from its implementation and develops the programme as a result of the evaluation findings.
The objective is to determine whether the efficacy of a 38% silver diamine fluoride (SDF) gel is non-inferior to a 38% SDF solution for arresting carious lesions in preschool children when applied at half-yearly intervals over a 30-month period.
The aim of the study is to assess the effectiveness of ECC tele-detection methods combined with referral pathways, with and without user fee removal, in controlling ECC.
Caries is characterized by the same etiological factors that lead to other chronic non-communicable diseases that are associated with increased dietary sugar intake, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity. Early childhood caries is an unacceptable burden for children, families and society. In order to enable the prevention of early childhood caries, it is necessary to actively act on the part of different participants who can influence different aspects of the etiology of caries. Examining the non-specific defense mechanisms of the organism would help shed light on the connection between early childhood caries and other chronic non-communicable diseases, with which they share the same etiological factors. It is also considered that a child has S-ECC if he is 3 to 5 years old, has more than four, five and six tooth surfaces affected in the primary front teeth at 3, 4 and 5 years, respectively. S-ECC replaces the previous term known as "caries of care bottles". By definition, caries in children under 3 years of age involving one or more smooth surfaces and in children under 6 years of age affecting one or more smooth surfaces in the front teeth or total dmfs score ‡ 6 would be classified as S-ECC. These proposed terms appear to be gaining international acceptance in the current dental literature.
This is a single center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase II clinical trial (RCT) to evaluate the efficacy of topical 10% Polyvinylpyrrolidone-Iodine (PVPI) to prevent new cavitated caries lesions when applied to the teeth of children with Severe Early Childhood Caries (S-ECC). At baseline, following oral rehabilitation in the operating room {10% (PVPI + Fluoride Varnish (FV)} will be compared to the current standard of care (Placebo + FV). Study participants will be followed for approximately 24 months post-baseline. The study interventions post-baseline will be administered at 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, and 21 months.
Cariogram and Cariostat will be used to assess the risk of caries in kindergarten children aged 3 years. Routine preventive measures will be taken for children at low risk of caries, and intensive intervention measures will be taken for children at medium and high risk. Routine measures will be taken for the control group. After one and two year, the prevalence of caries in the experimental group and the control group should be evaluated, and the cost-effectiveness evaluation will be conducted.
It has been recognized that oral health education for parents is critical for the prevention of early childhood caries (ECC). Few parents practiced caries prevention procedures for their children in daily life, though. Inspired by Health Belief Model (HBM) and using text messaging as a vehicle, a novel intervention scheme will be developed in this study. The objective of the present randomized clinical trial (RCT) is to investigate the effectiveness of the HBM-based behavioral intervention using text message to reduce early childhood caries of children at age 4 through promoting the parental oral health care behaviors (toothbrushing and sugar intake control) for their young children compared to conventional oral health education. This RCT will recruit child-parent dyads in 26-36 child help centers or kindergartens with nursery classes located in Hong Kong. A total of 518-628 dyads will be recruited and randomly allocated into the test or control group with a 1:1 ratio. For parents in the test group, the intervention will consist of a set of HBM-based text messages sent regularly in the following 48 weeks. A standard text message will be sent to the parents in the control group. The primary outcome will be dental caries measured by dmft/dmfs of the children at 4 years old. By HBM-based intervention via a low-cost text messaging vehicle, it should be able to help the parents establish proper oral health behaviors for their children and safeguard the oral health of children in Hong Kong.