Finding the Best Way to Teach Kids About Oral Hygiene

A comparative Evaluation of Different School Oral Health Education Methods In Improving Children Oral Health status A Randomised Control Trial - NIL

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 4

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2025/01/079239

Enrollment

396

Registered

2025-01-22

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: evaluation of different school health education methods: To evaluate the efficacy of school based oral health strategies in improving childrens oral health knowledge and behaviours Cont

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Children between 7- and 9-year-old age group enrolled in government school 2. Mixed dentition 3. Children who were positive and definitely positive according to Wright’s Modification of Frankl Behaviour rating scale

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Handicapped children; children with major debilitating illnesses and mentally retarded 2. Children undergoing prior dental treatment.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
improve in oral health conditionsTimepoint: within 3months slight improvementwas observed	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
mild improvement in oral health conditions by using different methods of educationTimepoint: 3months	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactSanjukta Panda

Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, KIIT Deemed to be University

abinash.mohapatra@kids.ac.in9437214000

Outcome results