Dental caries
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental group: oral cavity cleaning with gauze and tap water, for 30 seconds, during 30 days, once a day at the baby care center and once a day at home (n=18 babies)
Control group: no cleaning (n
Other
Sponsors
Thaís M. Parisotto
Universidade São Francisco
Fundação de Amparo a pesquisa do estado de São Paulo
Eligibility
Age
4 Months to 10 Months
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Babies from 4 to 10 months and from major nurseries in the city, considering the different geographical regions will be invited to participate in the study. Infants of both genders, with good general health and whose parents have signed the positive consent form will be submitted to a clinical examination of your oral cavity to evaluate the presence/absence of teeth, emphasizing that at the beginning of the research/baseline babies should be edentulous.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Babies submitted to antimicrobial therapy in the last month and with cleft palate, cleft lip, or with special needs will be excluded from the research.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It is expected that the research finish after the analysis and collection scheduled, proving, or not, the benefit of hygiene. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It is expected, that the benefit, or not, of the hygiene could be proved before teeth eruption. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactThaís Parisotto
Universidade São Francisco
Outcome results
None listed