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Impact of Virtual Supervised Tooth Brushing Among Primary School Children in Riyadh, KSA

NCT05217316 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1280

Last updated 2022-02-01

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Summary

Dental caries is one of the most common diseases affecting children in Saudi Arabia despite the availability of free dental services. The combination of the large burden of untreated caries among school children, low uptake of dental services when asymptomatic and the availability of free dental services makes Saudi Arabia a unique setting for school-based dental programs. Despite the availability of free dental services provided through the Ministry of Health, universities' hospitals and health services of the Ministry of Defense, most Saudis visit the dentist only when in pain.

As schools are carried out virtually and Saudi Arabia has proved effective IT infrastructure, virtual supervised tooth brushing is a proposed initiative. It is also an opportunity for targeting a large portion of the population with a high level of disease as a quarter of the Saudi population is younger than 15 years.

Conditions

  • Dental Caries in Children

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Supervised Virtual Toothbrushing

A supervised virtual toothbrushing performed once a week for all students by dental hygienist that will be performed through a prescheduled virtual appointment for each child. All virtual appointments will be conducted using the collaboration of two national platforms. "Mawid", a Ministry of health (MOH) Central Appointment System, to be used by the subjects. And "ANAT" system, a Saudi Commission for Health Specialists (SCHS) application for the hygienists to use for their virtual supervision.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Haya Alayadi, PhD · King Saud University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
9 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-12-01
Primary Completion
2023-03-31
Completion
2023-06-30

Countries

  • Saudi Arabia

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