Social Impact of Children's Dental Appearance

Sponsor

University of Göttingen (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT03800043

Collaborator

(none)

180

Enrollment

Location

29.2

Actual Duration (Months)

6.2

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

This study evaluates the social impact of children's dental perception from children with or without caries experience. For this, children and their parents are shown pictures of child faces with healthy teeth, decayed teeth and teeth after dental treatment.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Dental Caries in Children

Detailed Description

Appearance and abnormalities in the face influences the life of children: attractive children get estimated as more competent and find friends easier than those with a less attractive appearance. Therefore this study aimes to evaluate the social impact of children's dental perception from children with or without own caries experience (and their parents). Both groups (with/without caries experience) are shown pictures of children with different dental status (healthy teeth, decayed teeth and teeth after dental treatment) and asked to complete established questionnaires.The division into the groups is based on photos of the children with visible teeth.

The results should be evaluated descriptively and graphically. Also the comparison between the answers of both groups for the three different dental status is planned.

Study Design

Study Type:

Observational

Actual Enrollment :

180 participants

Observational Model:

Cohort

Time Perspective:

Prospective

Official Title:

Social Impact of Children's Dental Appearance

Actual Study Start Date :

Jan 15, 2019

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Jul 31, 2019

Actual Study Completion Date :

Jun 21, 2021

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Children with own caries experience Children with own caries experience (visible on a photo; teeth clearly visible), sufficient compliance
Children without own caries experience Children without own caries experience (visible on a photo; teeth clearly visible), sufficient compliance

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Children: Evaluation of the whole photos [2-3 minutes]
Questionnaire: "How would you feel having a friend looking like this?" (showing the photos of the three different dental status) (4 point face scale of Soares et al. 2015)
Children: Evaluation of the mouth on the photo [2-3 minutes]
Questionnaire: "How would you feel having a friend with a mouth looking like this" (showing the photos of the three different dental status) (4 point face scale of Soares et al. 2015)
Children: Evaluation of their own teeth [1-2 minutes]
Questionnaire: "How do you feel when thinking about your own teeth?" (4 point face scale of Soares et al. 2015)
Why do you feel like this? [1-2 minutes]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Related parents: Evaluation of the whole photos [1-2 minutes]
Questionnaire: Evaluate the pictures with the adjectives: clever, rude, kind, honest, confident, careful, helpful, stupid, naughty (4 point scale. 'strongly agree' = 4; 'agree' = 3; 'disagree' = 2; 'strongly disagree' = 1)

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

4 Years to 9 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Inclusion Criteria:

(parent of an child of) age 4-9 years
sufficient compliance
dividable into the two groups (with or without caries experience)

Exclusion Criteria:

missing agreement to participate in the study
insufficient compliance

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Department of Preventive Dentistry, Periodontology and Cariology, University Medical Center Goettingen, Germany	Göttingen	Lower Saxony	Germany	37075

Sponsors and Collaborators

University of Göttingen

Investigators

Study Director: Annette Wiegand, Prof. Dr., Dept. of Prev. Dentistry, Periodontology and Cariology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

Claudia Tschammler, Dr. Claudia Tschammler, Principal Investigator, University of Göttingen

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT03800043

Other Study ID Numbers:

25/2/18

First Posted:

Jan 10, 2019

Last Update Posted:

Jun 23, 2021

Last Verified:

Jun 1, 2021

Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:

Undecided

Plan to Share IPD:

Undecided

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:

Keywords provided by Claudia Tschammler, Dr. Claudia Tschammler, Principal Investigator, University of Göttingen

Early Childhood Caries

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Dental Caries

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jun 23, 2021