Assessment of the Age, Reasons, Oral Health Status and Dental Treatment Needs of Children in Their First Dental Visit

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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to asses the age, reasons, oral health status and dental treatment needs of children in their first dental visit.

Detailed Description
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We are going to provide each parent or guardian whose children fulfilling the inclusion criteria attending to Department of Paediatrics Dentistry at Cairo University to fulfil questionnaire which include multiple MCQ questions. The state of oral health and dental treatment needs will be assessed based on clinical examination, according to recommendations of the World Health Organization. The total number of teeth and number of teeth affected by decay (d, D) in every child will be recorded. The intensity of caries will be estimated based on the average dmf/DMF number, i.e. caries intensity index. The dental treatment needs of each child will be assessed based on the following categories: None: no restorative treatment required. Simple: preventive treatment required, such as scaling and brushing, oral hygiene instruction (OHI), application of topical fluoride and fissure sealant. Moderate: one or more of teeth require one or two surface restoration. Complex: one or more teeth require three or four surface restoration / stainless steel crown, endodontic therapy and crown, and /or extraction(7) . Reasons for first dental visit will be categories as : a. Adaptive visit dental check-up preventive purpose. b. Tooth pain. c. Emergency case (tooth injury, abscess, infection). d. Decay noted by parent. e. Any Other. We will explain to the parents and legal guardians the aim of the study without any guiding to prevent any information bias which may occur. The questionnaire will be given before the treatment and will be collected after it. Any children whose records will include missing information will be excluded from the study.

Official Title
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Assessment of the Age, Reasons, Oral Health Status and Dental Treatment Needs of Children in Their First Dental Visit

Conditions
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Dental Caries, Parents, Parenting, Pain

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Children with Primary and mixed dentition. Children visiting the dentist for the first time (first dental visit Exclusion Criteria: Children with systemic diseases or physical and mental problem. Children whose parents refuse participation

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 3 Years
Maximum Age: 12 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| reasons for the first dental visit. | There are different reasons for the first dental visit these reasons may be due to a- Adaptive visit dental check-up preventive purpose. b. Tooth pain. c. Emergency case (tooth injury, abscess, infection). d. Decay noted by parent. e. Any Other. Caregiver will be asked to fill a questionnaire include multiple reasons. The parents or Guardian select the most chief complain for coming to the first dental visit. And after selection the most common reason will determine. | 1 year | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| age | Caregiver will be asked to fill a questionnaire include multiple age. The parents or Guardian select the most optimal age for the first dental visit from their point of view . | 1 years | 
| oral health | The state of oral health will be assessed based on clinical examination, according to recommendations of the World Health Organization. The total number of teeth and number of teeth affected by decay (d, D) in every child will be recorded. The intensity of caries will be estimated based on the average dmf/DMF number, i.e. caries intensity index. | 1 years | 
| dental treatment needs | Dental treatment needs will be assessed based on clinical examination, according to recommendations of the World Health Organization. The dental treatment needs of each child will be assessed based on the following categories: None: no restorative treatment required. Simple: preventive treatment required, such as scaling and brushing, oral hygiene instruction (OHI), application of topical fluoride and fissure sealant. Moderate: one or more of teeth require one or two surface restoration. D-Complex: one or more teeth require three or four surface restoration / stainless steel crown, endodontic therapy and crown, and /or extraction. | 1 years | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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first dental visit, oral health, reasons of first dental visit, dental treatment needs