the NMFACT Caries Index

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Dental Caries

Treatments: Other: DMF index; Other: NMFACT

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04330794

23456

Details and patient eligibility

About

the NMFACT is a new caries index to overcome the drawbacks of DMF cries index the ''N'' is for non carious lesion, the ''M''for missed teeth,the ''F''for filled teeth,the''C''for carious teeth,the ''A''for alignment and the ''T''for dental trauma.

each problem will be scored from 0(normal).

Full description

the new caries index will be used to record the dental problem . the validation will be recorded against the gold standard DMF index

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• any patient suffering form dental problem

Exclusion criteria

• edentulous patient children adolescents

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

NMFACT

Experimental group

Description:

record the caries index using the NMFACT chart

Treatment:

Other: NMFACT

DMF index

Active Comparator group

Description:

record the caries index using the DMF chart

Treatment:

Other: DMF index