Early childhood caries dental caries, health care system
Conditions
Interventions
• Pregnant mothers be instructed about good oral health behaviors
• Nurses receive training in diagnosis and preventive oral care (n =?).
• Use of oral health card.
• Caries, plaque and Qol examina
Sponsors
Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the netherlands and University San Martin de Porres, Lima, Peru
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: newborns during July and September 2014
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: newborns outside this period
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The intervention approach is intended to increase the knowledge of nurses about oral health and preventive measures, and increases the awareness about the importance of oral health for mothers who attend to the vaccination and well-child offices. It encourages nurses to look inside babies and infants mouths and refer them to the dentist when it´s necessary, and consider it normal practice within well-child programmes at health centres. As a result, the number of referrals to the dentist might increase and the nurses knowledge about dental care might rise. Moreover, ECC prevalence might reduce as a consequence of two factors: (1) the oral health preventive advices and check-ups by nurses and if a referral is indicated, (2) the early visit to the dentist for managing the risk factors available in infants and perhaps mothers / caretakers, as well as providing preventive treatments. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Finally, the expected results would improve the quality of life of infants and young children, that of their mothers and might reduce the cost earmarked for treating oral health problems in infants. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactJ.E. Frencken
College of Dental Sciences P.O. Box 9101
Outcome results
None listed