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Miswak Versus Standard Measures to Prevent the Incidence of Caries Young Egyptian Adults: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

NCT03732040 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 82

Last updated 2020-02-25

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Summary

Objectives:

Aim of the study The objective is to conduct an RCT to evaluate the effectiveness of miswak in comparison with standard caries preventive measures for the prevention of new carious lesions in high caries risk patients.

-Research hypothesis (alternative hypothesis): This study will be designed to test the alternative hypothesis that using miswak in addition to standard preventive measures will show significant difference over using standard preventive measures alone in preventing incidence of new carious lesions in high caries risk patients.

Conditions

  • Dental Caries

Interventions

OTHER

miswak stick

miswak stick use as preventive hygiene measures

OTHER

Miswak plus tooth brushing and tooth paste

use of miswak stick with tooth brushing and fluoride toothpaste for oral hygiene measures

OTHER

Standard preventive measures (tooth brushing , interdental cleaning and mouth rinse use containing CHX and Fluoride)

use toothbrush with fluoride toothpaste and interdental cleaning by dental flossing and use mouth wash containing chlorohexadine

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
25 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-01-01
Primary Completion
2022-01-01
Completion
2022-03-01

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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