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Effect of reading an e-book by dentistry students to gain knowledge about early loss of anterior deciduous teeth and creation of a support and guidance tool for parents about dental trauma to baby teeth

The use of a book in digital format by undergraduate students to acquire knowledge about the early loss of deciduous anterior teeth

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-2ch5z38
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2025-08-05
Start date
2023-09-11
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

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Conditions

Students, Dental

Interventions

J03.400.596.831.750
This research was designed as a randomized clinical trial two-arm parallel. Participants will receive the Free and Informed Consent Form, and only after agreeing and signing the terms will they be inc
and, experimental group – GE, with access to the e-book. Knowledge on the subject will be assessed through questionnaires at the beginning of the study and after 15 days of access to the e-books. Part
etiology, classification and general consequences of early loss of primary anterior dentition
early loss of incisors (consequences and treatment)
and early loss of canines (consequences and treatment). Links to access the e-book will be sent via WhatsApp/email to participants drawn to form the experimental group after having answered the knowle

Sponsors

Faculdade de Odontologia da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro UFRJ
Lead Sponsor
Faculdade de Odontologia da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro UFRJ
Collaborator

Eligibility

Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Students over 18 years of age; regularly enrolled in any period of the Undergraduate Dentistry course at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) in the second semester of 2023; both genders

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Students under 18 years of age; who are not enrolled in any period of the Undergraduate Dentistry course at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) in the second semester of 2023

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Expected outcome: It is expected that reading the e-book will influence the level of knowledge of undergraduate dentistry students about the early loss of anterior deciduous teeth, regardless of gender, age, period of undergraduate study and whether or not they have studied pediatric dentistry and orthodontics.;Outcome: It was observed that reading the e-book on tooth loss increased the knowledge of dental students on the topic, especially among women and those who had not taken Orthodontics or Pediatric Dentistry.—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
No secondary outcomes were expected.—

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactPriscilla Correia Betfuer

Faculdade de Odontologia da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro UFRJ

priscillinha.barbosa@gmail.com+55(21)976431303

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)