Assessment of Dental Caries Among a Group of Institutionalized Orphan Children Compared to Parented School Children

Ahram Canadian University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dental Caries in Children

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: caries assessment

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05652231

ACU 111

Details and patient eligibility

About

Children from two orphanages will be examined for dental caries experience, in comparison to parented school children.

Full description

A total of 156 children were included in this study, they were, residing in governmental orphanage, non-governmental orphanage and parented children attending primary school. Written informed consent was obtained prior to the start of the study, form legal guardians or child's parent. Dental examination was carried out on an ordinary chair beside a window on day light. DMF and def indices were used to assess dental caries for primary and permanent teeth. Also, unmet treatment need index, care index and significant caries index were calculated.

Enrollment: 156 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• apparently healthy children aged from six to12 years old

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

156 participants in 3 patient groups

School children (control group)

Description:

parented school children (control group)

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: caries assessment

Non-Governmental orphanage children (exposed group 1)

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: caries assessment

Governmental orphanage children (exposed group 2)

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: caries assessment