CompletedNot Applicable

A Protocol to Streamline Dental Care in Autistic Children

Italy170 participantsStarted 2019-01-01

Plain-language summary

The investigators aim at creating a dedicated pathway to allow accessibility to dental care for ASD children within a hospital Dentistry Department, in order to diminish the need for general anesthesia. Visual pedagogy, parent training, a strict schedule for appointments (every two months) spanning over three years and longer duration of dedicated examination are set up for a group of ASD children, whose behavior is compared to that of children seen one or twice a year.

Who can participate

Age range4 Years – 13 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Age: 4 to 13 years old at the beginning of the treatment, * Diagnosis: formally diagnosed by a Neuro-psychiatrist and recognized by authorities (for school support) as having Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), possibly also in the frame of genetic syndromes, or Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS), a diagnosis present in DSM 4 and merged to ASD in DSM 5. Exclusion Criteria: * Age outside the selected range * additional diseases, preventing autonomous oral hygiene (e.g., motor diseases), * for the Treated Group: familiarity with dental treatments (possible one or few visits in the past, but not on a regular base)

What they're measuring

Collaboration

Timeframe: Change in degree of collaboration from baseline at 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36 months.

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05553262

SponsorUniversity of Padova

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2021-12-31

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