A Strategy to Prevent the Recurrence of Dental Disease in Children Receiving Dental Treatment With General Anesthesia

A Strategy to Prevent the Recurrence of Dental Disease in Children Receiving Dental Treatment With General Anesthesia: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05212142

Enrollment

Registered

2022-01-27

Start date

2022-06-10

Completion date

2023-04-15

Last updated

2023-08-14

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Conditions

Caries

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a preventive strategy in increasing return to follow up and recall appointments.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALverbal education

Participants will receive oral health anticipatory guidance in the form of verbal and written education alongside the same preventive follow up and recall appointment schedule.

BEHAVIORALverbal education, visual aids, and motivational interviewing

Participants will receive oral health anticipatory guidance through a combination preventive strategy using motivational interviewing, individualized goal setting, visual aids, and verbal education alongside a preventive follow up and recall appointment schedule

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

No minimum to 6 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. parent with child (patient) planned for dental treatment with general anesthesia (GA) 2. parent of a child (patient) age less than six 3. parent of a child (patient) with health status of healthy (American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I or II).

Exclusion criteria

1. parents/guardians who chose not to participate in the study 2. parents who spoke a language other than English or Spanish 3. Parents of a child (patient) with special health care needs or patients of ASA III or IV status

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Change in parental self-efficacy (PSE)	Baseline to 2 weeks	The PSE questionnaire adapted from an combination of questions developed by Dumka et al. and Johnston & Mash will measure parents perceived self-efficacy in controlling their child's oral health.
Change in parent oral health knowledge	Baseline to 2 weeks	A questionnaire developed by Alsada et al. will be adapted and used to test parent's knowledge of overall oral health.
Follow up return rate	2 weeks	Number of participants who return for follow up in 1 - 2 weeks.
3-month recall return rate	3 months	Number of participants who return for follow up in 3 months.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

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