Effect of combined maternal and child oral health care during and after pregnancy on preventing early childhood tooth decay

Effectiveness of multi-disciplinary pre and postnatal interventions in first-time expectant mothers and their children for the prevention of early childhood caries: A Randomized Controlled Trial - NIL

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 4

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2026/02/102990

Enrollment

200

Registered

2026-02-04

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-03-02

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: O00-O9A- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

Interventions

Intervention1: Educational and Therapeutic Intervention in the Study Group: A) Educational Interventions like: 1. Oral Health Education for improving and maintaining oral health of the pregnant mother

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Healthy women, aged 25-35 years reporting to the Gynaecology OPD of Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical Hospital, Pune 2. Women in their second trimester of pregnancy 3. First Time Mothers 4. Women residing in Pune city and planning on residing here for next 3 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Expectant Mothers with a high risk of pregnancy due to any known systemic disorders 2. Pregnant Women on long term antibiotics/ steroids/ antihistaminics/antiepileptics 3. Pregnant Women who do not consent to study 4. Newborns with any congenital conditions

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Occurrence of new carious lesions (Incidence of ECC) in children after multi-disciplinary pre and postnatal interventions 2. Occurrence of new carious lesions in first-time expectant mothers after multi-disciplinary pre and postnatal interventions 3. Changes in Caries risk of children after multi-disciplinary pre and postnatal interventions 4. Changes in Caries risk of first-time expectant mothers after multi-disciplinary pre and postnatal interventions 5. Association of caries risk between first-time expectant mothers and children after multi-disciplinary pre and postnatal interventionsTimepoint: 1.DMFT scores and Caries Risk Assessment for the mothers will be done at baseline, 9 months pre-partum and at 6 and 12 months post-delivery 2.Caries Risk Assessment for children will be done at baseline, 6 and 12 months after birth 3.Occurrence of ECC will be assessed at 12 months after birth 1.Carious lesions will be detected according to ICDAS (The International Caries Detection and Assessment System) method for caries detection and staging 2.Caries risk of the mothers will be determined using CAMBRA (Caries Management by Risk Assessment) 123 CRA Tool.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Occurrence of new carious lesions (Incidence of ECC) in children after multi-disciplinary pre and postnatal interventions 2. Occurrence of new carious lesions in first-time expectant mothers after multi-disciplinary pre and postnatal interventions 3. Changes in Caries risk of children after multi-disciplinary pre and postnatal interventions 4. Changes in Caries risk of first-time expectant mothers after multi-disciplinary pre and postnatal interventions 5. Association of caries risk between first-time expectant mothers and children after multi-disciplinary pre and postnatal interventionsTimepoint: 1.DMFT scores and Caries Risk Assessment for the mothers will be done at baseline, 9 months pre-partum and at 6 and 12 months post-delivery 2.Caries Risk Assessment for children will be done at baseline, 6 and 12 months after birth 3.Occurrence of ECC will be assessed at 12 months after birth 1.Carious lesions will be detected according to ICDAS (The International Caries Detection and Assessment System) method for caries detection and staging 2.Caries risk of the mothers will be determined using CAMBRA (Caries Management by Risk Assessment) 123 CRA Tool.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Compliance of participants to this study design and protocol 2. Effect of various confounding variables like socio-economic factors, diet and feeding practices, effect of pre-term delivery and/or low birth weight on development of early childhood cariesTimepoint: It will be assessed at 9 months pre-partum and at 6,12,18 months after birth of children	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactGandhali Malgaonkar Joshi

Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College and Hospital,Pune

dr.gandhali.dm@gmail.com9004512886

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 14, 2026