Prevalence of Erupted Supernumerary Teeth Among a Group of Egyptian Children Aged From Six to Fifteen Years Old

Supernumerary Teeth Clinical Trial

Official title:

Prevalence of Erupted Supernumerary Teeth Among a Group of Egyptian Children Aged From Six to Fifteen Years Old: a Cross Sectional Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03650634
• Other study ID #: CEBD-CU-2018-08-16
• Status: Completed
• Start date: May 1, 2019
• Est. completion date: September 1, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: July 2020
• Source: Cairo University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the prevalence of erupted supernumerary teeth among a group of Egyptian children aged from 6-15 years old attending the Outpatients' clinic of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University.

Description:

• Clinical examination will be done for participants fulfilling the inclusion criteria after obtaining an informed consent from parents for acceptance of participation in the study after explaining the purpose of the study and the measures that will be held to the child.

• A custom made examination chart (Appendix 1) will be filled out, during face to face interview with the child and/or his parents, including: date, name, age, gender, address, medical history and previous dental treatment followed by clinical examination to detect the presence of supernumerary teeth.

• The presence of supernumerary teeth and its type and location will be recorded in the examination chart.

• Each child with supernumerary teeth will be given a letter, translated into Arabic, outlining his dental status to inform the parents about the condition and the need for treatment

Examination chart (Appendix 1 ):

Date :...................................................................

Personal information:

Name............................................. Age..........................................

Gender :.......................................... Address : ................................

Phone number : .................................................. Medical history:

......................................................... ..................................................................................

Previous dental history: ...........................................

......................................................................................

Clinical examination :

Supernumerary teeth: presence / absence Location :

........................................... Type :..................................................

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 604
• Est. completion date: September 1, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: July 30, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 6 Years to 15 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Positive patient and parent acceptance for participation in the study.

• Patients who are medically free from any systemic disease.

• Children aged from 6 to 15 years old.

• Both sexes will be included.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Uncooperative children.

• Handicapped children.

• Children who refuse to participate in the study.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Supernumerary Teeth

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Cairo University	Cairo	Manial

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Cairo University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	prevalence of supernumerary teeth	Measuring device: clinical examination. Measuring unit : binary (yes or/ no ).	6 months