Oral Health Care Early Intervention Project

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Caries

In brief

This pilot project consists of co-locating dental hygienist services in medical primary care offices. Dental hygienists will work in close collaboration with the primary care offices, providing preventive dental care to young children either before or after scheduled well-child visits.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00793507

Run by

University of Colorado, Denver

People needed

1178

Starts

2008-11-01

Expected to finish

2011-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-02-05

Who can join

Age: any, up to 3. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Children with the following characteristics will be included in the study:
• 0 - 36 months;
• Have at least one tooth;
• Have had one or more visits to a study practice in the prior 18 months.

You may not qualify if…

• Children with the following characteristics will be excluded from the study:
• No teeth; in essence child has not had any teeth erupt yet;
• Chronic medical condition affecting oral health or the ability to perform routine preventive dental care, such as cerebral palsy, mental retardation, ectodermal dysplasia, and other genetic syndromes affecting oral health
• Reports receiving primary health care somewhere else other than at one of the study practices;
• Parents < 18 years of age.

Where it is running

• Rocky Mountain Youth — Aurora, Colorado, United States
• Grand Mesa Dental Hygiene, LLC — Delta, Colorado, United States
• Salud Family Health Centers — Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
• The Pediatric Associates — Montrose, Colorado, United States
• Rocky Mountain Youth — Thornton, Colorado, United States

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