Salivary Bacteria and Oral Health Status in Children With ADHD

Changes in Salivary Bacteria and Oral Health Status in Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00966394

Acronym

ADHD

Enrollment

150

Registered

2009-08-26

Start date

2009-11-30

Completion date

2010-05-31

Last updated

2010-05-26

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Conditions

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders, Caries, Dental, Xerostomia

Keywords

ADHD, saliva, caries

Brief summary

Attention deficit and hyperactivity (ADHD) affect 6% of school-aged children. Few studies reported higher prevalence of caries and restorations among children with ADHD. Methylphenidate is the drug of choice to treat ADHD. according to the medical literature methylphenidate can cause xerostomia. Our study will investigate saliva parameters (such as quantity, bacteria in saliva, buffer capacity), oral hygiene and diet habits and their influence on caries among children with ADHD and among healthy children. Our hypothesis is: * Children with ADHD will have more caries. * Children with ADHD will have more detrimental oral hygiene and diet habits. * There will be a difference in the saliva parameters between children with ADHD and healthy children.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

5 Years to 18 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* test group- diagnosis of ADHD. * control group- ASA1

Exclusion criteria

* control group * administration of medicine at the time of the check-up.

Countries

Israel

Outcome results