Masticatory Efficiency in Children

Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Mastication Disorder

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: body mass index; Other: Assesment of masticatory efficiency with optical scanning method

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05000385

1111

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to evaluate the association of masticatory efficiency with different conditions of the stomatognathic system (transitioning from primary to secondary dentition, dental caries, malocclusion, tooth loss, prosthodontic treatment) in the paediatric population. Also, to assess the correlation between masticatory efficiency and nutritional status. The study will be conducted on children between 3 and 14 years of age. Masticatory efficiency will be evaluated by the optical scanning method. Participants will chew a standardized silicone tablet controlled by the examiner for 20 masticatory strokes. By scanning the comminuted particles, data on each particle's size will be obtained. Enhanced masticatory performance is presented by a decrease in the chewed particle areas and an increase in the number of chewed particles.

Enrollment: 96 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 14 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• children of both genders aged 3 to 14, with:

  • full healthy dentition
  • bilateral dental caries stage 4,5 or 6 by ICDAS criteria
  • reduced number of occlusal contacts
  • dentures

• signed informed consent by participant's parents

• verbal consent of the children

Exclusion criteria

• uncooperative behavior
• symptoms of temporomandibular joint dysfunction
• parafunctional habits
• systemic disturbances that can impact mastication
• ingestion of medicines that could interfere directly or indirectly with muscular activity
• tooth anomalies of structure, number or form
• periodontal disease
• tooth mobility

Trial design

96 participants in 4 patient groups

Healthy

Description:

healthy complete dentition

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: body mass index

Other: Assesment of masticatory efficiency with optical scanning method

Dental caries

Description:

complete dentition with bilateral dental caries (ICDAS 4,5 or 6)

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: body mass index

Other: Assesment of masticatory efficiency with optical scanning method

Occlusal contacts

Description:

occlusal contacts are lost bilaterally due to extraction, changing dentition or orthodontic anomalies; no dental caries

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: body mass index

Other: Assesment of masticatory efficiency with optical scanning method

Dentures

Description:

patients with dentures, no caries and/or missing occlusal contacts on remaining teeth

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: body mass index

Other: Assesment of masticatory efficiency with optical scanning method