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Sponsored by: |
Hadassah Medical Organization |
Information provided by: | Hadassah Medical Organization |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00334087 |
Parameters to be investigated
Condition | Intervention |
Dental Caries |
Behavioral: feeding habits |
MedlinePlus related topics: | Dental Health |
Study Type: | Observational |
Study Design: | Screening, Cross-Sectional, Defined Population, Retrospective Study |
Official Title: | Assessment of Pregnancy History, Birth Outcome, Feeding and Oral Practices With Development of Early Childhood Caries in Offspring of Women Who Have Not Participated in Previous Birth Preparation Class |
Estimated Enrollment: | 200 |
Study Start Date: | June 2007 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | September 2007 |
Severe Early Childhood Caries is a condition whereby very young children suffer multiple caries. The value of a pre- perinatal preventive approach is currently being examined in the dental literature. At Hadassah, a Pilot Study is currently underway to test the feasibility of a comprehensive Baby Clinic designed to prevent Severe Early Childhood Caries. The pilot study in cooperation with the Woman's Health Center and with the midwives and the breastfeeding counselors of the maternity unit. Lectures are given by pediatric dentists to parents of firstborn children attending Hadassah's Birth Preparation Class, emphasis is given to the importance of breastfeeding and other feeding habits in the emotional, physical, nutritional and immunological development of the future baby. In addition the effect of these feeding habits on the dental/oral aspects, relevant for the developing dentition.
After birth the parents are invited to come with their babies around 12 months for the first dental examination and follow up according to individual risk for caries development. The current proposed study will be a control group from offspring of women who have participated previous Sessions Hadassah's Birth Preparation Class ("Historical Controls" before the Baby Clinic project)
Ages Eligible for Study: | 36 Months to 48 Months |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Contact: Evelyn Mamber, DMD | 00 972 2 6723771 | mamber@bezeqint.net |
Israel | |||||
Hadassah Medical Organization | Not yet recruiting | ||||
Jerusalem,, Israel, 91120 | |||||
Contact: HADAS LEMBERG, PHD 972 2 6776095 lhadas@hadassah.org.il | |||||
Sub-Investigator: Itay Leizer, student |
Hadassah Medical Organization |
Principal Investigator: | Evelyn Mamber, DMD | Hadassah Medical Organization IRB |
Study ID Numbers: | boquita HMO-CTIL |
First Received: | June 5, 2006 |
Last Updated: | April 15, 2007 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00334087 |
Health Authority: | Israel: Israeli Health Ministry Pharmaceutical Administration |
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