Prevalence of Erupted Supernumerary Teeth Among a Group of Egyptian Children Aged From Six to Fifteen Years Old

Prevalence of Erupted Supernumerary Teeth Among a Group of Egyptian Children Aged From Six to Fifteen Years Old: a Cross Sectional Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03650634

Enrollment

604

Registered

2018-08-29

Start date

2019-05-01

Completion date

2019-09-01

Last updated

2020-07-21

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Conditions

Supernumerary Teeth

Keywords

supernumerary tooth, hyperdontia, mesiodens, paramolar

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the prevalence of erupted supernumerary teeth among a group of Egyptian children aged from 6-15 years old attending the Outpatients' clinic of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University.

Detailed description

* Clinical examination will be done for participants fulfilling the inclusion criteria after obtaining an informed consent from parents for acceptance of participation in the study after explaining the purpose of the study and the measures that will be held to the child. * A custom made examination chart (Appendix 1) will be filled out, during face to face interview with the child and/or his parents, including: date, name, age, gender, address, medical history and previous dental treatment followed by clinical examination to detect the presence of supernumerary teeth. * The presence of supernumerary teeth and its type and location will be recorded in the examination chart. * Each child with supernumerary teeth will be given a letter, translated into Arabic, outlining his dental status to inform the parents about the condition and the need for treatment Examination chart (Appendix 1 ): Date :................................................................... Personal information: Name............................................. Age.......................................... Gender :.......................................... Address : ................................ Phone number : .................................................. Medical history: ......................................................... .................................................................................. Previous dental history: ........................................... ...................................................................................... Clinical examination : Supernumerary teeth: presence / absence Location : ........................................... Type :..................................................

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

6 Years to 15 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Positive patient and parent acceptance for participation in the study. * Patients who are medically free from any systemic disease. * Children aged from 6 to 15 years old. * Both sexes will be included.

Exclusion criteria

* Uncooperative children. * Handicapped children. * Children who refuse to participate in the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
prevalence of supernumerary teeth	6 months	Measuring device: clinical examination. Measuring unit : binary (yes or/ no ).

Countries

Egypt

Outcome results