Early childhood caries or tooth decay Oral Health Tooth Decay
Conditions
Interventions
Primary intervention is behavioural: motivational interviewing (MI)
Experimental group: The first MI session will occur during pregnancy at time of enrolment. Mothers will participate in at least five
Sponsors
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) (Canada)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. 309 Cree mother-child pairs in Eeyou Istchee (Cree territory of northern Quebec) 2. Mothers aged 18 - 49 years old
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Any pregnant women or woman with a newborn who knows that she will be imminently moving out of the Cree territory.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The prevalence of caries, or percentage of 30 month old children with decayed, extracted and filled surfaces (DEFS) more than zero, in each community will be determined. A child?s experience of caries will be determined by recording the DEFS, or number of decayed, extracted or filled primary tooth surfaces. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Data on dental health knowledge, oral home care practices, child-feeding and comforting practices will be collected at 30 months and compared between test and control communities. In addition, data on "caries-related health impacts", for example, history of pain, food avoidance or poor sleeping as a result of dental pain, and dental treatment received as a result of dental caries will be compared. | — |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed