Social Impact of Children's Dental Appearance

This study evaluates the social impact of children's dental perception from children with or without caries experience. For this, children and their parents are shown pictures of child faces with healthy teeth, decayed teeth and teeth after dental treatment.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Dental Caries in Children

Detailed Description

Appearance and abnormalities in the face influences the life of children: attractive children get estimated as more competent and find friends easier than those with a less attractive appearance. Therefore this study aimes to evaluate the social impact of children's dental perception from children with or without own caries experience (and their parents). Both groups (with/without caries experience) are shown pictures of children with different dental status (healthy teeth, decayed teeth and teeth after dental treatment) and asked to complete established questionnaires.The division into the groups is based on photos of the children with visible teeth.

The results should be evaluated descriptively and graphically. Also the comparison between the answers of both groups for the three different dental status is planned.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 180

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Germany
  • Lower Saxony
    • Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany, 37075
      • Department of Preventive Dentistry, Periodontology and Cariology, University Medical Center Goettingen, Germany

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 4 years to 9 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: N/A
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

children with or without caries experience and their parents

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• (parent of an child of) age 4-9 years
• sufficient compliance
• dividable into the two groups (with or without caries experience)

Exclusion Criteria:

• missing agreement to participate in the study
• insufficient compliance

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Children with own caries experience; Children with own caries experience (visible on a photo; teeth clearly visible), sufficient compliance
Children without own caries experience; Children without own caries experience (visible on a photo; teeth clearly visible), sufficient compliance

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Children: Evaluation of the whole photos	Questionnaire: "How would you feel having a friend looking like this?" (showing the photos of the three different dental status) (4 point face scale of Soares et al. 2015)	2-3 minutes
Children: Evaluation of the mouth on the photo	Questionnaire: "How would you feel having a friend with a mouth looking like this" (showing the photos of the three different dental status) (4 point face scale of Soares et al. 2015)	2-3 minutes
Children: Evaluation of their own teeth	Questionnaire: "How do you feel when thinking about your own teeth?" (4 point face scale of Soares et al. 2015)	1-2 minutes
Why do you feel like this?		1-2 minutes

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Related parents: Evaluation of the whole photos	Questionnaire: Evaluate the pictures with the adjectives: clever, rude, kind, honest, confident, careful, helpful, stupid, naughty (4 point scale. 'strongly agree' = 4; 'agree' = 3; 'disagree' = 2; 'strongly disagree' = 1)	1-2 minutes

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Göttingen
• Investigators: Study Director: Annette Wiegand, Prof. Dr., Dept. of Prev. Dentistry, Periodontology and Cariology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 15, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 31, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): June 21, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 8, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 8, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): January 10, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 23, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 21, 2021
• Last Verified: June 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: children; dentistry; Early Childhood Caries; face perception; dental appearance
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Stomatognathic Diseases; Tooth Demineralization; Tooth Diseases; Dental Caries
• Other Study ID Numbers: 25/2/18

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