Oral Mucosal Lesions Among Smokers in an Egyptian Population.

NCT ID: NCT03299595

Last Updated: 2021-01-08

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 824 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2017-11-01
• Study Completion Date: 2019-06-30

Brief Summary

This cross-sectional study will assess the prevalence of oral changes among smokers in an Egyptian cohort (patients attending to the hospital of Faculty of Dentistry - Cairo University), aiming that this study can serve as a baseline for future studies with the goal of finding ways to improve oral health and increase awareness of the hazards of smoking in Egypt

Detailed Description

The participants will be selected from the pool of the Clinics of Oral Medicine, Periodontology and Diagnosis Department and the Diagnostic center, Faculty of Dentistry - Cairo University. For each eligible participant, a full history will be obtained according to a questionnaire followed by thorough clinical examination.

Conditions

Smokers

Study Design

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

Interventions

printed questionnaire

For each eligible participant, a full history will be obtained according to a questionnaire followed by thorough clinical examination.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Gender: males and females.
• Age: all age groups.
• Smokers.
• Individuals who agreed to sign the informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

• Individuals suffering from any systemic disease.
• Individuals on medications.
• Non-Egyptians.

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Cairo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Alaa Shousha

resident

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Faculty of Dentistry

Cairo, , Egypt

Countries

Egypt

Other Identifiers

CEBC-CU-2017-08-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id