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Everybody Brush: A Community-wide Toothpaste Distribution Campaign

NCT02327507 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 21731

Last updated 2014-12-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Dental caries (tooth decay) is a disease with significant public health implications afflicting low-income children, with marked rural disparities in disease prevalence and treatment. More than 70% of 11th grade children in Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties have experienced tooth decay. Effective approaches to prevent decay include brushing with fluoridated toothpaste and professional dental care. Medicaid enrolled children are legally entitled to dental care under Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT), yet \<50% had any care in 2010. Free distribution of toothpaste and toothbrushes combined with parental education can increase toothbrushing frequency and reducing tooth decay. However, many parents are confused about when to start, how much and often toothpaste should be used, and how to overcome behavioral difficulties in brushing toddlers' teeth or getting older children to brush their own. The investigators' objective is to implement and evaluate a community-wide toothpaste distribution campaign enhanced by telephone support for OHP children and adolescents and their families in Central Oregon

Conditions

  • Dental Caries

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Toothpaste & Telephone Support

Mailed toothpaste, messages and telephone support.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Advantage Dental Services, LLC

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Peter M Milgrom, DDS · University of Washington

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Months
Max Age
20 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-06-30
Primary Completion
2016-07-31
Completion
2016-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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