Periodontitis, Juvenile
Conditions
Brief summary
The aim is to study whether participants at risk could be identified using an aMMP-8 chairside mouth rinse test and to study if oral health and health behaviour is linked to the test result in Finnish adolescents.
Detailed description
Adolescents (14-15-year-olds) are randomly divided to control group and test group. Chairside mouth rinse test for aMMP-8 is performed for the test group. Two groups are compared with each other. Participants are asked to fill a questionnaire which consists of questions concerning oral hygiene habits, tobacco products, alcohol, drug and snuff use.
Interventions
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTaMMP-8 chairside test
No test
Sponsors
University of Helsinki
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
14 Years to 16 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* All 8 class (aged 14-15 years) pupils in Jukola, Hämeenlinna, Finland * Written informed consent from the participants and their parents (one of them)
Exclusion criteria
* No written consent to the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| aMMP-8 test | 1 year | Mouth rinse samples are analysed by method for chair-side diagnostic testing: the aMMP-8 specific lateral-flow point-of-care (PoC)/chair-side test (PerioSafe®, Dentognostics GmbH, Jena, Germany). The result is provided in 5 minutes and is graded by eye as positive or negative. One line means that the test is negative but successfully done and two lines the test is positive. |
Countries
Finland
Outcome results
None listed