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Severe dental decay affects children physically, emotionally, socially and thereby impacts on their quality of life. Evidence from developed countries showed that children with severe dental decay weighed less than their peers and following dental treatment children's growth and quality of life improved. This suggests that treatment of severe dental decay may enhance growth and wellbeing. A study was carried out in Saudi to test that hypothesis.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Early treatment | Experimental | comprehensive dental treatment |
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| Regualr treatment | No Intervention | Regular treatment consisted of children who would be on a waiting list for regular dental treatment at KFAFH for at least 8 months |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| comprehensive dental treatment | Other | Early treatment children were scheduled for comprehensive dental treatment over a 2-month period (from May to June 2007). All test children had their last dental treatment visit within the last 2 weeks of the second treatment month. The follow-up survey was scheduled for each child to be approximately 6-month after their dental last visit. This step was very important to make sure that all children were examined at exactly the same interval between end of treatment and when re-examined at the follow-up examination. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Children's height and weight (HAZ,WAZ and BAZ) | children's height and weight were measured pre and 6 months post dental treatment. | 6 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Quality of life (pain, sepsis, satisfaction and appetite) | specific general and oral quality of life health measures were examined before and after dental treatment | 6 months |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Having dental caries with at least 2 teeth with pulpal involvement.
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Hiba A Alkarimi, PhD | KFAFH | Study Director |
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| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 22928903 | Derived | Alkarimi HA, Watt RG, Pikhart H, Jawadi AH, Sheiham A, Tsakos G. Impact of treating dental caries on schoolchildren's anthropometric, dental, satisfaction and appetite outcomes: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health. 2012 Aug 29;12:706. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-706. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D003731 | Dental Caries |
| ID | Term |
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| D017001 | Tooth Demineralization |
| D014076 | Tooth Diseases |
| D009057 | Stomatognathic Diseases |
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| Only emergency dental treatment | Other | Regular treatment did not receive any dental treatment in the period when the early children were treated unless they had toothache or dental infection. In that case they were treated for the pain but did not have comprehensive dental treatment |
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