Impact of an Educational Program on Gingival Status and Oral Health Related Quality of Life

NCT ID: NCT03723174

Last Updated: 2021-08-02

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 91 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-11-01
• Study Completion Date: 2021-05-30

Brief Summary

This research targets the evaluation of the impact of oral health educational programs on the gingival status and oral health related quality of life in early adolescence of the Egyptian population. Each participant will benefit from the education of the proper oral hygiene practices under the supervision and follow up of the investigator in addition to the potential improvement of his/ her oral health related quality of life.

Detailed Description

The objective of this study is to improve the gingival status and oral health related quality of life in the Egyptian population's early adolescence. The intervention is an Oral health educational program based on the following:

• Tooth brushing: the modified bass technique is the method of choice the skill will be taught using a video followed by a model demonstration then a supervised brushing session done by the participants.
• Dietary recommendations and importance of visiting the dentist will be introduced in the form of power point presentation that will be set according to the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD).
• Participant will be asked to come for 4 visits one for base line data collection and administration of the intervention and another 3 follow up visits once per month.

Conditions

Gingival Disease; Oral Disease

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Single Arm

baseline data will be calculated before the oral health educational program using gingival index and after 3 months from the intervention

Oral Health Educational Program

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

proper introduction to brushing techniques, dietary recommendations and importance of visiting the dentist

Interventions

Oral Health Educational Program

proper introduction to brushing techniques, dietary recommendations and importance of visiting the dentist

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients aged from 11-14 years old

2. No reported systemic disease

3. No administration of antibiotics in the last month

4. No fixed or removable appliance

5. Absence of acute phase of any oral disease

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patient refuses to participate in the study

2. patient fails to attend follow up sessions

• Minimum Eligible Age: 11 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 14 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Cairo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Fayrouz Saber

Assistant lecturer

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Manal Al Sayed, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Professor

Locations

New Giza University

Giza, , Egypt

Countries

Egypt

References

Bhardwaj VK, Sharma KR, Luthra RP, Jhingta P, Sharma D, Justa A. Impact of school-based oral health education program on oral health of 12 and 15 years old school children. J Educ Health Promot. 2013 Jul 31;2:33. doi: 10.4103/2277-9531.115820. eCollection 2013.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 24083283 (View on PubMed)

Smith RN, Lath DL, Rawlinson A, Karmo M, Brook AH. Gingival inflammation assessment by image analysis: measurement and validation. Int J Dent Hyg. 2008 May;6(2):137-42. doi: 10.1111/j.1601-5037.2008.00294.x.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 18412727 (View on PubMed)

Mostafa B, El-Refai I. Prevalence of Plaque-Induced Gingivitis in a Sample of the Adult Egyptian Population. Open Access Maced J Med Sci. 2018 Mar 10;6(3):554-558. doi: 10.3889/oamjms.2018.131. eCollection 2018 Mar 15.

Reference Type: RESULT

PMID: 29610619 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id