The research on oral health status of adult patients, reasons for undergoing treatment and oral health behaviours

Conditionings of oral health status in adult patients, analysis of chosen factors influensing dental attendance and health attitutes in the range of oral health maintanance

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN20670271

Enrollment

301

Registered

2016-06-09

Start date

2011-04-10

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2016-10-17

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Conditions

Dental caries, periodontal diseases Oral Health

Interventions

This study was conducted in private dental facilities in the city of Szczecin, Poland, on 301 randomly chosen patients undergoing dental treatment. The patients were asked to fill a self-administere

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Age: at least 18 2. Women and Men 3. Income: all ranges 4. Place of living: all ranges 5. Education: primary, secondary, vocational, higher

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Participants under 18 years of age

Design outcomes

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Dental related behaviour - assessed by dental attendance, brushing habits, dental fear and opinion on dental services measured with questionnaire before the clinical examination.	—

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Experience of dental caries, measured by number of decayed, missing and filled teeth during clinical examination 2. Periodontal health measured by the occurence of calculus, bleeding, pockets and excluded sextants during clinical examination	—

Countries

Poland

Outcome results

None listed

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