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Effect of Atraumatic Restorative Treatment on Streptococcus Mutans Count in Saliva of Pregnant Women

NCT01655732 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 94

Last updated 2012-08-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

S. mutans counts have been found to be high in women with high level of untreated caries. In Pakistan 95% of all carious lesions are untreated that is an alarming situation. A majority of mother's have high level of caries and pose an increase risk of vertically transmitting it to their children. Therefore, the aim of this study is to determine the effect of A Traumatic Restorative Treatment(ART) in reducing S. mutans count in pregnant women and indirectly reduce the vertical transmission of S. mutans to their children so that ART as a preventive program may be provided and promoted in periurban areas where there is a lack of accessibility to oral health care.

Conditions

  • Pregnancy

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Atraumatic Restorative Treatment

ART is simple uninvasive technique involving removal of soft carious enamel and dentine by hand instrument only and then restore the cavity with adhesive restorative material.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of the Punjab

    collaborator OTHER

  • Sheikh Zayed Federal Postgraduate Medical Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Prof. Ayyaz A Khan, PhD · Shaikh zayed Medical Complex

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-05-31
Primary Completion
2012-07-31
Completion
2012-07-31

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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