A Pilot Study to Promote Maternal and Infant Oral Health

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00719238

Enrollment

121

Registered

2008-07-21

Start date

2007-01-31

Completion date

2008-07-31

Last updated

2008-07-21

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Conditions

Dental Caries

Brief summary

The long term goals of this project are to develop and implement a combined prenatal and postnatal intervention to decrease early childhood caries. The program is based on risk assessment, diet intervention and counseling. To accomplish these goals a pilot study is needed to determine: 1) The ability to recruit and retain pregnant mothers in an intervention program; 2) The levels of S. mutans in pregnant mothers; 3) The ability of a diet intervention to decrease S. mutans in pregnant mothers.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALNutrition plus education

Nutritional instruction in small groups plus education

BEHAVIORALEducation only

Educational video and pamphlets

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Age 18 or over; * Pregnant * High S. mutans levels

Exclusion criteria

* Younger than 18; * Other health conditions

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Sugar intake	3 months post partum

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
mutans streptococci levels	3 months post partum

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026