Prevalence of Erupted Supernumerary Teeth Among a Group of Egyptian Children Aged From Six to Fifteen Years Old

Prevalence of Erupted Supernumerary Teeth Among a Group of Egyptian Children Aged From Six to Fifteen Years Old: a Cross Sectional Study

The purpose of this study is to assess the prevalence of erupted supernumerary teeth among a group of Egyptian children aged from 6-15 years old attending the Outpatients' clinic of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Supernumerary Teeth

Detailed Description

• Clinical examination will be done for participants fulfilling the inclusion criteria after obtaining an informed consent from parents for acceptance of participation in the study after explaining the purpose of the study and the measures that will be held to the child.
• A custom made examination chart (Appendix 1) will be filled out, during face to face interview with the child and/or his parents, including: date, name, age, gender, address, medical history and previous dental treatment followed by clinical examination to detect the presence of supernumerary teeth.
• The presence of supernumerary teeth and its type and location will be recorded in the examination chart.
• Each child with supernumerary teeth will be given a letter, translated into Arabic, outlining his dental status to inform the parents about the condition and the need for treatment

Examination chart (Appendix 1 ):

Date :...................................................................

Personal information:

Name............................................. Age..........................................

Gender :.......................................... Address : ................................

Phone number : .................................................. Medical history: ......................................................... ..................................................................................

Previous dental history: ...........................................

......................................................................................

Clinical examination :

Supernumerary teeth: presence / absence Location : ........................................... Type :..................................................

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 604

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Manial
    • Cairo, Manial, Egypt, 22412
      • Cairo University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 6 years to 15 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Participants will be selected from the Outpatients' clinic of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University according to the eligibility criteria.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Positive patient and parent acceptance for participation in the study.
• Patients who are medically free from any systemic disease.
• Children aged from 6 to 15 years old.
• Both sexes will be included.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Uncooperative children.
• Handicapped children.
• Children who refuse to participate in the study.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
prevalence of supernumerary teeth	Measuring device: clinical examination. Measuring unit : binary (yes or/ no ).	6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cairo University
• Investigators: Study Director: Randa Youssef, Ass.prof., Cairo University; Study Director: Rasha Hatem, Lecturer, Cairo University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 1, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 30, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): September 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 27, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 28, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): August 29, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 21, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 17, 2020
• Last Verified: July 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: supernumerary tooth; hyperdontia; mesiodens; paramolar
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Congenital Abnormalities; Stomatognathic Diseases; Tooth Diseases; Stomatognathic System Abnormalities; Tooth Abnormalities; Tooth, Supernumerary
• Other Study ID Numbers: CEBD-CU-2018-08-16

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No