A Pilot Study to Promote Maternal and Infant Oral Health

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Dental Caries

In brief

The long term goals of this project are to develop and implement a combined prenatal and postnatal intervention to decrease early childhood caries. The program is based on risk assessment, diet intervention and counseling. To accomplish these goals a pilot study is needed to determine: 1) The ability to recruit and retain pregnant mothers in an intervention program; 2) The levels of S. mutans in pregnant mothers; 3) The ability of a diet intervention to decrease S. mutans in pregnant mothers.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00719238

Run by

UConn Health

People needed

121

Starts

2007-01-01

Expected to finish

2008-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2008-07-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 18 or over;
• Pregnant
• High S. mutans levels

You may not qualify if…

• Younger than 18;
• Other health conditions

Where it is running

• University of Connecticut Health Center — Farmington, Connecticut, United States

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