Oral Status and Prevalence of Dental Trauma in Children Treated With Ritalin Due to Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Hadassah Medical Center

Status

Completed

Conditions

Dental Caries

Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity

Dental Occlusion, Traumatic

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00328224

230606-HMO-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate the dental status of children using ritalin and suffering from ADHA in comparison to healthy children.

Full description

In this trial oral and dental status of 30 children (ages 5-12) who suffer from ADHD and treated with ritalin will be evaluated. Parameters that will be checked are the following: DMFT - decay, missing, filling teeth for dental status, GI - gingival index, PI - plaque index for periodontal status. OJ - over jet and OB - over bite for inter-maxillary relations and susceptibility for dental trauma. In addition these parameters will be collected for 30 age and sex match healthy children.

Enrollment

50 patients

Sex

All

Ages

5 to 12 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria