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A Pilot Study to Promote Maternal and Infant Oral Health

NCT00719238 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 121

Last updated 2008-07-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The long term goals of this project are to develop and implement a combined prenatal and postnatal intervention to decrease early childhood caries. The program is based on risk assessment, diet intervention and counseling. To accomplish these goals a pilot study is needed to determine: 1) The ability to recruit and retain pregnant mothers in an intervention program; 2) The levels of S. mutans in pregnant mothers; 3) The ability of a diet intervention to decrease S. mutans in pregnant mothers.

Conditions

  • Dental Caries

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Nutrition plus education

Nutritional instruction in small groups plus education

BEHAVIORAL

Education only

Educational video and pamphlets

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Connecticut Health Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • UConn Health

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Susan Reisine, PhD · UConn Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-01-31
Primary Completion
2008-05-31
Completion
2008-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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