Oral health and nutritional status of preterm infants compared to term infants

Oral health and nutritional status of preterm infants compared to term infants - Oral health of preterms

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00005628

Enrollment

400

Registered

2014-01-24

Start date

2014-02-03

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

K00-K14 K00.9

Interventions

Group 1: Study of 3 - to 4-year-old and 7 - to 9-year-old preterm children (<37.SSW, <2500g) which have been randomly selected from the patient population of the children clinic with regard to dental

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

3 Years to 9 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Preterm infants <37 SSW, low birth weight <2500 g, full-term infants, 3 - 4 - year-old children and 7-9 - year-old children from the group preterm and term infants

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: no

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Examination of decayed, missing or filled teeth and surfaces (dmft/dmfs), Categorized determination of structural defetcs using the index of dental development disturbances of the enamel - Developmental Defects of Enamel - Index (DDE) and comparison of the prevalence of DDE between both groups	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Examination of the BMI	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactRoswitha Heinrich-Weltzien

Universitätsklinikum JenaZZMKPoliklinik für Präventive Zahnheilkunde und Kinderzahnheilkunde

Roswitha.Heinrich-Weltzien@med.uni-jena.de00493641934801

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026