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Effect of Therapeutic Measures in Dental Caries Reduction in Children With Primary Dentition From Medellín City

NCT00475618 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 180

Last updated 2012-05-31

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The propouse of this study is to evaluate some combined preventive measures, of easy application in children under 6 years old as education, brush teeth, fluoride free tooth paste,fluoridated tooth paste, professional cleaning and fluoride varnish application, to determine between three groups of differents combined preventive measures, wich one is better in reduting dental caries appearance.

Hypothesis:

1. Ho: Dental caries reduction percentage is larger or equal in the group with only prevention education and Professional cleaning, than in the groups intercepted with fluoride varnish or fluoride toothpaste.
2. Ha: Dental caries reduction percentage is less in the group with only prevention education and Professional cleaning, than in the groups intercepted with fluoride varnish or fluoride toothpaste.

Conditions

  • Dental Decay

Interventions

PROCEDURE

topical fluoride varnish application.

Vanish application every 6 months in all accesible tooth surfaces

PROCEDURE

professional cleaning

Daily use fluoride toothpaste 500 ppm.

PROCEDURE

No fluoride toothpaste

Daily use no fluoride toothpaste.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Colgate Palmolive

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • CES University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alexandra Saldarriaga, Master of Sience · CES University - Medellín - Colombia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
29 Months
Max Age
41 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-05-31
Primary Completion
2012-05-31
Completion
2012-05-31

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