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NCT Number: NCT04945252

The Impact of School Teachers in Care Navigation and Signposting Dental Caries in Primary School Children

The study aims to investigate the role of school teachers in care navigation and signposting dental caries in primary school children.

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Key information

Conditions

Dental Caries in Children

Age range

5 year–8 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Khartoum Centre for Research and Medical Training

Khartoum, 11111, Sudan

About this study

Dental caries is a multifactorial disease with high prevalence in children. Dental caries is a global public health problem with detrimental impact in developing countries. Despite advances in caries management and detection poorer countries continue to suffer a high burden of disease. Advances in care navigation and sign-posting concepts are increasingly being utilized in general health care to aid early diagnosis and ease the burden of disease in poorer communities. This study aims to investigate the role of primary school teachers as care navigators with regard to dental caries in children.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

Healthy school children between the ages of 5-8 years Regular school attender Lives in the local village Co-operative

Exclusion criteria

  • known medical history or disability
  • irregular school attenders

Treatment and study plan

Signpost caries

Diagnostic Test

Identify carious lesion according to ICCMS visual criteria

Other names: signpost dental caries

Primary outcomes

  1. untreated caries increment

    Time frame: 36 months

    decay component of the Index of decayed, extracted and filled teeth for the groups (deft)

Secondary outcomes

  1. caries experience (deft)

    Time frame: 36 months

    deft index (for entire group)

  2. caries experience for the most affected one third (SIC index)

    Time frame: 36 months

    SIC index (deft of the most affected one third of each group)

  3. care index

    Time frame: 36 months

    proportion of filled and extracted teeth (df/deft)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Khartoum Centre for Research and Medical Training

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Impact of School Teachers in Care Navigation and Signposting Dental Caries

Important dates

Study start
2016
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2020
First posted
Jun 30, 2021
Registry last updated
Jul 15, 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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