Dietary Analysis for Caries Prevention in Children Using a Computer Software

Marquette University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dental Caries

Treatments: Other: Software instruction

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02375763

HR-2908

Details and patient eligibility

About

Children will be recruited from the pediatric dentistry clinic of Marquette University at their first or recall appointment and will be asked to fill a questionnaire regarding their dietary habits. Afterwards a dietary analysis will be performed using a computer software, developed for this study and dietary instructions will be given to the children.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 13 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Free medical history
• Informed Consent

Exclusion criteria

• General disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

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Experimental group

Description:

Children will fill a questionnaire regarding their dietary habits. Afterwards a dietary analysis will be performed using a computer software, and dietary instructions will be given to the children.

Treatment:

Other: Software instruction

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Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Software instruction