Providing Preventive Periodontal Treatment to Hospitalized Patients With Diabetes

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Conditions studied: Type II Diabetes, Periodontal Disease

In brief

The purpose of this research intervention is to assess the oral health status and periodontal health of patients with diabetes hospitalized on a general medicine service, and to assess the effect of providing dental prophylaxis and motivational interviewing to patient health-seeking behaviors and provider attitudes towards oral health, as well as on patient health outcomes.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02914743

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

90

Starts

2016-11-01

Expected to finish

2018-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-03-06

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patient has diagnosis of type 2 diabetes
• Patient has a primary care provider of record
• Patient is currently admitted to the house staff service of the Department of Medicine at MGH
• Patient is "ready or nearly ready for discharge," based on the assessment of the patient's medical team.

You may not qualify if…

• History of cardiac conditions for which antibiotic prophylaxis is indicated prior to dental treatment per American Dental Association/American Heart Association guidelines:51
• Prosthetic cardiac valve or prosthetic material used for cardiac valve repair
• Previous infective endocarditis
• Congenital heart disease (CHD) encompassing:
• i. Unrepaired cyanotic CHD, including palliative shunts and conduits ii. Completely repaired congenital heart defect with prosthetic material or device, whether placed by surgery or by catheter intervention, during the first six months after the procedure iii. Repaired CHD with residual defects at the site or adjacent to the site of a prosthetic patch or prosthetic device (which inhibit endothelialization) d. Cardiac transplantation recipients who develop cardiac valvulopathy
• Anticoagulated with International Normalized Ratio>2.5
• History of prosthetic joint replacement in the last two years
• Medical team declines enrollment
• The patient is unable to participate in the provision of dental prophylaxis due to a medical condition such as altered mental status or altered cognitive status
• Edentulous

Where it is running

• Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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