Parental Acceptance and Perception of Silver Diamine FlouridApplication Among A Sample of Egyptian Children.

NCT ID: NCT04218955

Last Updated: 2020-01-06

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Total Enrollment: 320 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-01-01
• Study Completion Date: 2021-03-01

Brief Summary

Dental caries can be prevented or arrested . Moreover, preventive measures for dental caries are more cost effective than emergency room visits or restorative treatments when the illness has been established . One of the recent preventive methods of dental caries is silver diamine flouride . SDF has been used as an alternative treatment for caries prevention and arrest . Several studies showed that silver diamine flouride cause staining of the treated teeth . However, parents have different attitudes toward using SDF considering its positives and negatives.

Detailed Description

Dental caries is one of the most common diseases in the world, with a prevalence of 69%-79% . Early childhood caries (ECC) has been recognized by the American Dental Association as an important public health issue and was defined as presence of 1 or more decayed, missing, or filled tooth surfaces (dmfs) in any primary tooth in a preschool-aged child . Caries was known to be managed through two main approaches: Treatment, which includes drill and fill which is a challenge specially in minimally cooperative children and the second approach is prevention which depends on cease the process of caries formation at an early stage which is more effective . One of the recently marketed preventive measures of dental caries is silver diamine fluoride (SDF) .

In 2014, SDF was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration as a treatment for dentinal sensitivity .It was proven to be a cost-effective, minimally invasive, and handy treatment . Silver diamine flouride is easy to apply in a minimally cooperative individual . More important, it has shown a noticeable success rate in caries prevention, especially in early childhood caries cases . It provides families with an alternative solutions for managing dental caries, particularly if caries was detected at an early stage . Moreover, it could save time and effort for both families and dental teams.

The major downside of SDF is the unesthetic permanent black discoloration of the arrested lesion , which could affect parental acceptance for the treatment and may result in shifting to another esthetically acceptable treatment.

Conditions

Early Childhood Caries

Study Design

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

Study Groups

1

Asking parents if they can accept staining from treat their children by silver Diamine Flouride or Not

Silver Diamine Flouride

Intervention Type: COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Material used to arrest caries in children

Interventions

Silver Diamine Flouride

Material used to arrest caries in children

Intervention Type: COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• parents whose children with early childhood caries. Accepting participations.

Exclusion Criteria

• Refusal of participation.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 1 Year
• Maximum Eligible Age: 6 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Cairo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Mostafa Mohamed Abd El Aziz Waly

Dentist

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Central Contacts

Mostafa Waly

Role: CONTACT

Mostafa.AbdalAziz@dentistry.cu.edu.eg

01273581262

Gihan Abu El Neil, Ass. prof

Role: CONTACT

01005886102

Other Identifiers

Parental acceptance of SDF

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id