Perception of Children With Visible Untreated and Treated Caries

NCT ID: NCT02899273

Last Updated: 2019-04-11

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 38 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2016-04-01
• Study Completion Date: 2017-02-21

Brief 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).

Detailed 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).

Conditions

Dental Caries

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

Dentistry students

Dentistry students of the University of Göttingen

No interventions assigned to this group

Psychology students

Psychology students of the University of Hildesheim

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Stiftung Universität Hildesheim

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of Göttingen

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Claudia Tschammler

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Annette Wiegand, Prof. Dr.

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Dept. of Prev. Dentistry, Periodontology and Cariology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany

Kristian Folta-Schoofs, Prof. Dr.

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Dep. of Psychology, Stiftung Universität Hildesheim, Germany

Locations

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, Germany

Countries

Germany

Other Identifiers

36/2/16

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id