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Development and Evaluation of a Medical Intervention for Early Childhood Caries

NCT00464009 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2010-01-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of three forms of continuing medical education (CME) on provision of preventive dental services to Medicaid-enrolled children by medical personnel in primary care physician offices.

Conditions

  • Early Childhood Dental Caries

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Continuing medical education

Group A practices took part in a 90 minute lecture with slides, case-based presentations and discussions of the clinical interventions, instruction in children's dental development, common dental diseases and prevention, screening, referral, counseling and fluoride varnish application. Group B practices received the same as group A and additionally were offered support through telephone conference calls using "learning collaborative" methods where staff receive ongoing support from CME instructors and learn from one another as they begin to implement systems for preventive care in their practices. The conference calls were moderated by research staff with clinical expertise in primary health care who had assisted in other interventions among NC pediatric and family medicine offices. Group C received the same intervention as Group B and were offered additional in-office support for implementation of preventive dental procedures provided by a dental hygienist.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Richard G Rozier, DDS · UNC-CH, School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Administration

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-02-28
Primary Completion
2002-04-30
Completion
2007-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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