Early Childhood Caries Prevention at a Pediatric Clinic

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2006-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This purpose of this study was to evaluate effectiveness of a risk-based dental caries prevention program conducted by dental personnel at an urban pediatric primary care clinic serving largely low-income residents of Baltimore, Maryland, and to appraise this program as a model for similar urban pediatric settings.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Maryland Baltimore Dental School; University of Maryland, Baltimore
• Treatments: Fluorides; Fluorides, Topical

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• children in good health who were dentate and 6-27 months

• a signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• antibiotic usage within the previous 14 days

• oral topical fluoride administration within the previous 7 days

• previous routine professional dental care