Role of Overjet and Trauma in Libyan Children

Trauma to Permanent Incisors and Overjet in Libyan Children

Traumatic dental injuries are one of the commonly encountered dental emergencies. Missing anterior tooth in children due to any injury can be a source of considerable physical and psychological discomfort for the child. These consequences also have significant impact on parents, who are generally concerned with esthetic and economic aspects of this problem. It varies from small crack in the enamel to complete loss of the tooth. Injury to children teeth can be both painful and traumatic to the children

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Trauma; Overjet

Detailed Description

Traumatic injuries to anterior teeth have reported by several investigators. In Asia and Africa, the prevalence of TDI to anterior teeth among adolescents ranges from 4% to 35% and 15% to 21%, respectively and in America and Europe, the prevalence varied from 15% to 23% and 23% to 35%, respectively . 50% of school children have sustained traumatic injuries prior to graduation . A contributing factors make children susceptible to injuries have been widely investigated. These factors included Class-II, div.1 malocclusion, increased overjet . 71% to 92% of all injuries sustained in a lifetime occur before the age of 19 years, which occur at home, followed by school and public places.The aim of this study is to assess the mean overjet value in Libyan children and to examine the relationship between increased overjet and trauma to permanent incisor teeth

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 1900

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 7 years to 16 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

. Total of 2015 Libyan school children aged 7 to 16 years from urban (Tobruk) and rural (Kufra) areas were examined in the main study. The children were of almost equal number of both sexes from each age group

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Libyan children.
• The permanent incisors are present & sufficiently erupted.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Non Libyan children.
• The permanent incisors are absent, or un-sufficiently erupted.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of school children with overjet	Presence of overjet among school children, is evaluated by observational method,measured by 1-1mm-3mm;2-3mm-5mm;3-5mm<	From baseline to 10 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Dental trauma among school children	Presence of trauma ,by observational method; Grading done by 0- No trauma;1-trauma related to incisal region;2-trauma related to mid half;3-trauma pertaining to cervical region	From baseline to 10 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: sudhir rama varma

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 10, 2016
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 10, 2017
• Study Completion (Actual): May 10, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 18, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 21, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): November 23, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): November 23, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 21, 2018
• Last Verified: November 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: trauma; schoolchildren; libya; overjet
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Wounds and Injuries
• Other Study ID Numbers: 07/16

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

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