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Providing Preventive Periodontal Treatment to Hospitalized Patients With Diabetes

NCT02914743 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2019-03-06

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Summary

The purpose of this research intervention is to assess the oral health status and periodontal health of patients with diabetes hospitalized on a general medicine service, and to assess the effect of providing dental prophylaxis and motivational interviewing to patient health-seeking behaviors and provider attitudes towards oral health, as well as on patient health outcomes.

Conditions

  • Type II Diabetes
  • Periodontal Disease

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Motivational Interviewing

This intervention will involve a discussion intended to explore subjects' motivations to pursue dental care and empower them to visit a dentist upon release from the hospital.

PROCEDURE

Dental cleaning

This procedure will involve the removal of plaque and supragingival and subgingival calculus from the surfaces of the teeth.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Harvard School of Dental Medicine

    collaborator OTHER

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-11-30
Primary Completion
2017-10-02
Completion
2018-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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