Active clinical trials for "Dental Caries"

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of three forms of continuing medical education (CME) on provision of preventive dental services to Medicaid-enrolled children by medical personnel in primary care physician offices.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether an oral health education program that is tailored to caregivers' understanding and acceptance of information on how to prevent tooth decay will lead to improvement in behaviors conducive to good oral health and reduction in tooth decay in his or her children.

The aim of the study is to study the application of Lactobacillus rhamnosus X253 as oral probiotics by the way of a randomised, double blinded, parallel, placebo-controlled clinical trial, and to eto detect the changes in oral flora of volunteers, and judge the improvement effect of X253 lozenges on the human oral flora.

The proposed study is a pre- /post-implementation study in a pediatric practice with a control practice designed to test the feasibility and effectiveness of an electronic screening and service delivery tool for three modifiable health risk factors in pediatrics: parental tobacco use, sugar-sweetened beverages consumption, and poor dental care

The aim of this study is to determine the beneficial effect of mouth rinses, both topical analgesic and saline regimens as an adjuvant therapy in the presence of standard prescription of post-operative pain killers on the progress of socket healing following routine dental extraction.

This study assesses the impact of oral health promotion delivered by community health workers in medical clinics, Women, Infants and Children (WIC) centers, and family homes. Investigators will assess oral health behaviors in children aged 0 to 3.

This study aims to investigate the impact of a bromelain pre-rinse adjunct on oral plaque removal in orthodontic subjects. The study's null hypothesis states that there is no statistically significant difference in visual plaque scores among orthodontic subjects with or without proteolytic enzyme rinse aid.

The aim of this study is to compare the effect of new bioactive dentine substitute (Biodentine) versus glass ionomer cement in very deep carious lesions clinically and radiographically using digital radiography in the terms of postoperative pain and biocompatibility to the pulp.

Funded by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services - Medicaid Technical Assistance and Policy Program (MEDTAPP), the "Child Health Excellence Center - a University-Practice-Public Partnership" (CHEC-UPPP) focuses on improving the health of Ohio's children in 3 target areas: 1) prevention of dental decay; 2) detection and management of overweight and obesity; and 3) lead screening. These topics represent critical public health issues for Ohio's children. The study is based on strong evidence that interventions are needed to improve practice in the target areas and that achieving these goals represents fundamental improvements in child health care that would reduce morbidity and costs. The approach for the study involves a trained Practice Facilitator (PF) working with multiple pediatric and family medicine practices to create change tailored to individual practice preferences and methods of operation. Our overall hypothesis is that a university-community consortium, utilizing evidence-based methods (involving education plus a facilitated, practice-tailored approach) will increase the rates of targeted services in primary care practices.

This is a prospective, multi-centre clinical study to evaluate the safety and performance of the Calcivis Caries Activity Imaging System. Dentists will identify tooth surfaces as either sound (inactive) or unsound (active caries lesion present) according to ICDAS staging (International Caries Detection and Assessment System). Images of the tooth surface will be taken with the Calcivis System immediately before and after application of a disclosing solution containing a bioluminescent protein. Presence or absence of elevated luminescence on the images will indicate activity / inactivity of the presence or absence of active demineralisation on the tooth surfaces. The study will be deemed a success if there is 70% agreement and above between: elevated luminescence and the presence of active caries as determined by the dentists, and absence of luminescence and the determination of a sound tooth surface by the dentists.