Oral Health and People With Systemic Sclerosis

Completed

Conditions studied: Systemic Sclerosis

In brief

The public health impact of this study will be the application of the greater understanding of the oral health status, oral health related behaviors, and quality of life of patients with systemic sclerosis (scleroderma or SSc). It is hoped that risks and protective factors can be identified to be associated with the oral health status of adults with systemic sclerosis,leading to the development of interventions for improved oral health in this population,and providing the basis for a larger study of oral health problems of adults with systemic sclerosis.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01817361

Run by

University of Alabama at Birmingham

People needed

210

Starts

2007-10-01

Expected to finish

2010-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-03-29

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Diagnosis of SSc according to American College of Rheumatology criteria, and participants are 18 years of age or older at the time of invitation to the study.

You may not qualify if…

• participants who require antibiotic medication before dental treatment

Where it is running

• Medical University of South Carolina — Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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