Dental caries (tooth decay) Oral Health Dental caries
Conditions
Interventions
The “Strong Teeth” intervention serves to provide a structure and hierarchy to the behaviour change conversation between dental practitioners and parents of children aged 0 - 5 years old. It is divide
and (3) Identifying other barriers to oral health (e.g., healthy eating, influence of family and friends, managing the child’s behaviour to enable brushing, remembering to brush)—How to overcome these
Sponsors
University of Leeds
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Children 0-5 years old about to visit their general dental practice for a dental check-up 2. Children attending a general dental practice where the dental team is trained to deliver the “Strong Teeth” intervention
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Only one sibling can be recruited per household 2. A parent must be present at the baseline home visit to ensure valid consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The acceptability and feasibility of the intervention for dental practitioners and parents will be assessed via the completion of: 1. A semi-structured diary for dental practitioners to be completed after that delivery of each interventional session 2. Interviews/focus groups with dental practitioners and parents | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| At baseline, and 2 weeks and 3 months post intervention the following measures will be taken: 1. Questionnaire assessing children's toothbrushing and dietary habits 2. Three proxy objective measures of parental supervised toothbrushing: 2.1. Children’s pre-brushing plaque levels 2.2. Duration of toothbrushing and parent-child interaction during toothbrushing - filmed and independently coded 2.3. Toothbrushing activity measured via the Magic Timer App 3. Dental examination assessing ginigivitis and number of teeth present, missing and decayed | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactKara Gray-Burrows
Outcome results
None listed