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SPACE MAINTAINERS EFFECTS ON ORAL MİCROFLORA

NCT04749654 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 38

Last updated 2021-02-11

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Summary

Space maintainers are used to preserve the space after premature loss of teeth but they could effect some factors that play a role in caries formation. The research aimed to assess the impacts of removable and fixed space maintainers on the salivary pH, flow rate, and Streptococcus mutans, Lactobacillus carriage.

Conditions

  • Orthodontic Appliance Complication
  • Lactobacillus Infection
  • Dental Caries in Children
  • Streptococcus, Other Specified Group

Interventions

OTHER

The Salivary pH measured

The saliva samples were obtained at 10-12 a.m. from all children. The saliva was collected into plastic cylinders and the salivary pH was measured with a pH meter (Compact pH meter B-212 twin pH, HORIBA, Osaka, Japan).

OTHER

The saliva flow rate was measured

The saliva flow rate was estimated by during the first 30 s of paraffin chewing. The saliva was collected into plastic cylinders for a period of 5 minutes. Afterward, the saliva were weighed with a in a precision balance (Mettler PC 400, Zurich, Switzerland) and the flow rate was computed in gms/ml.

OTHER

Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacillus counts in saliva were measured

The saliva samples were obtained according to described above. Numbers of colony-forming units (CFU) of S. mutans were counted on TSY20B agar and Lactobacilli were counted on Rogosa agar.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • TC Erciyes University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
4 Years
Max Age
10 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-01-31
Primary Completion
2013-07-31
Completion
2013-12-31

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