MedTrace Logo

The Behaviour of Dental Nurses Applying Fluoride Varnish to Young Children

NCT00881790 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 509

Last updated 2013-01-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The behaviour of 12 dental nurses seeing 600 nursery school children in East Scotland will be video-taped to determine the interaction patterns adopted by the staff in the application of a fluoride varnish to the surfaces of the child's teeth. The aim is to test the benefit of certain communication strategies used by the nurses to affect an efficient application controlling for nursery school site, age of child and experience of dental nurse.

Conditions

  • Dental Caries

Interventions

OTHER

Fluoride varnish

the topical application of fluoride varnish to all surfaces of exposed teeth

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of St Andrews

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gerald M Humphris, PhD · Univ of St Andrews

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
6 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-04-30
Primary Completion
2010-06-30
Completion
2011-12-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT00881790 on ClinicalTrials.gov