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Effect of Oral Health Education on Oral Health Status, Treatment Needs and Barriers to Care

NCT04317768 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 232

Last updated 2021-03-30

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Summary

Jordanian children have very poor oral hygiene parameters, and this is reflected as very high caries prevalence and poor gingival health conditions. This study will focus on children at social homes in the community in order to establish a baseline reference about their oral health status, treatment needs, and barriers to dental care. Also, to report the efficacy of oral health education using audio-visual aids and frequent motivation on oral health status, treatment needs and barriers to care among children at social homes in Jordan.

Conditions

  • Dental Caries
  • Gingivitis

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Basic oral health education and motivation

Subjects will receive verbal oral hygiene instructions using a model to demonstrate only once at the beginning of the study, no further motivation or educational seminars will be done.

BEHAVIORAL

Intensive oral health education and motivation

Subjects will be educated and motivated by an intensive program consisting of verbal instructions, PowerPoint lectures, posters and live demonstrations about oral hygiene instructions and teaching the proper way to brush the teeth. These will be reinforced by the investigator at intervals of 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months and 1 year.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Jordan University of Science and Technology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ola Al-Batayneh · Jordan University of Science and Technology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
4 Years
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-02-01
Primary Completion
2020-05-15
Completion
2020-06-30

Countries

  • Jordan

Study Locations

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