Social Impact of Children's Dental Appearance

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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.

Detailed Description
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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.

Official Title
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Social Impact of Children's Dental Appearance

Conditions
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Dental Caries in Children

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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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

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 4 Years
Maximum Age: 9 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Children with own caries experience<br>Children with own caries experience (visible on a photo; teeth clearly visible), sufficient compliance | |
| Children without own caries experience<br>Children without own caries experience (visible on a photo; teeth clearly visible), sufficient compliance | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Children: Evaluation of the whole photos | 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) | 2-3 minutes | 
| Children: Evaluation of the mouth on the photo | 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) | 2-3 minutes | 
| Children: Evaluation of their own teeth | Questionnaire: How do you feel when thinking about your own teeth? (4 point face scale of Soares et al. 2015) | 1-2 minutes | 
| Why do you feel like this? |  | 1-2 minutes | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Related parents: Evaluation of the whole photos | 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) | 1-2 minutes | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Early Childhood Caries, children, dentistry, face perception, dental appearance