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NCT Number: NCT03800043

Social Impact of Children's Dental Appearance

This study evaluates the social impact of children's dental perception from children with or without caries experience. For this, children and their parents are shown pictures of child faces with healthy teeth, decayed teeth and teeth after dental treatment.

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Key information

Conditions

Dental Caries in Children

Age range

4 year–9 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Department of Preventive Dentistry, Periodontology and Cariology, University Medical Center Goettingen, Germany

Göttingen, Lower Saxony, 37075, Germany

About this study

Appearance and abnormalities in the face influences the life of children: attractive children get estimated as more competent and find friends easier than those with a less attractive appearance. Therefore this study aimes to evaluate the social impact of children's dental perception from children with or without own caries experience (and their parents). Both groups (with/without caries experience) are shown pictures of children with different dental status (healthy teeth, decayed teeth and teeth after dental treatment) and asked to complete established questionnaires.The division into the groups is based on photos of the children with visible teeth.

The results should be evaluated descriptively and graphically. Also the comparison between the answers of both groups for the three different dental status is planned.

Who can participate

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • (parent of an child of) age 4-9 years
  • sufficient compliance
  • dividable into the two groups (with or without caries experience)

Exclusion criteria

  • missing agreement to participate in the study
  • insufficient compliance

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Children: Evaluation of the whole photos

    Time frame: 2-3 minutes

    Questionnaire: "How would you feel having a friend looking like this?" (showing the photos of the three different dental status) (4 point face scale of Soares et al. 2015)

  2. Children: Evaluation of the mouth on the photo

    Time frame: 2-3 minutes

    Questionnaire: "How would you feel having a friend with a mouth looking like this" (showing the photos of the three different dental status) (4 point face scale of Soares et al. 2015)

  3. Children: Evaluation of their own teeth

    Time frame: 1-2 minutes

    Questionnaire: "How do you feel when thinking about your own teeth?" (4 point face scale of Soares et al. 2015)

  4. Why do you feel like this?

    Time frame: 1-2 minutes

Secondary outcomes

  1. Related parents: Evaluation of the whole photos

    Time frame: 1-2 minutes

    Questionnaire: Evaluate the pictures with the adjectives: clever, rude, kind, honest, confident, careful, helpful, stupid, naughty (4 point scale. 'strongly agree' = 4; 'agree' = 3; 'disagree' = 2; 'strongly disagree' = 1)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Göttingen

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2021
First posted
Jan 10, 2019
Registry last updated
Jun 23, 2021

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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