CompletedNot Applicable

Impact of Providing Free Preventive Dental Health Products on Infant's Tooth Brushing and Bottle-feeding Termination Practices

Syria92 participantsStarted 2013-03

Plain-language summary

Governmental initiatives (such as Sure Start in the UK) have integrated an oral health promotion intervention within their maternal and child health program and delivered dental education and enabling resources (a gift bag including a baby toothbrush, fluoride toothpaste and a trainer cup) to infant's mothers. Whilst this approach has minimal financial implications of human resources, no evidence exists regarding its effectiveness in establishing desirable infant's oral health behaviours. In Syria, there is a great need for developing an infant's oral health promotion program to promote oral hygiene practice, provide access to fluoride and terminate bottle-feeding practice. Thus, the current study aimed to test the effectiveness of an integrated infant's oral health promotion intervention within the Syrian national immunization program, which delivered printed dental education materials, a baby tooth brush, fluoride toothpaste (1000 ppm) and a trainer cup, in establishing one-year old infant's oral hygiene and bottle-feeing termination practices.

Who can participate

Age range

12 Months – 12 Months

Sex

ALL

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Inclusion Criteria for infants: * Healthy * Single (not twins). * Full-term (≥37 weeks). * Birth weight ≥ 2500 g. * Family size ≤3 children (including the infant). * Their first tooth erupted. * No reported tooth brushing practice.

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6Can I leave the trial at any point if I change my mind, and what would happen to my care if I do?

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What they're measuring

Change in Mother's Reported Infant's Twice-a-day Tooth Brushing Practice.

Timeframe: Baseline (T0) and after one month (T1)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02200536

SponsorDamascus University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2013-05

Results submitted2015-02-13

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