Active — Not RecruitingNot Applicable

Cohort Zero Caries

650 participantsStarted 2014-01

Plain-language summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of a traditional oral health educational program and a program based on the theories of the Motivational Interview directed to the child's mothers/fathers/responsible parents to reduce childhood caries (2 and 3 years of age).

Who can participate

Age range12 Months – 14 Months

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Children born in 2014 in the attended territory of 12 Basic Health Units of the Community Health Service of Grupo Hospitalar Conceição, located in the city of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and who are correctly registered and under follow-up medical attention in the Children Program; * Mothers/fathers/responsible adults: the person responsible for the child's oral health care and who follows all dental appointments in the health unit will be considered. Exclusion Criteria: * Children with special needs or syndromes; * Children who left the attended territory of Community Health Service of Grupo Hospitalar Conceição health units for more than 6 consecutive months; * Mothers/fathers/responsible adults without cognitive conditions to answer the study's surveys.

What they're measuring

Reducing the prevalence of Early Childhood Caries after 3 years of follow verified by the ICDAS index (International Caries Detection & Assessment System) from the realization of reduction of at least 30% of the index pre and post intervention.

Timeframe: three years

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02578966

SponsorHospital Nossa Senhora da Conceicao

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2017-12

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