An interdisciplinary intervention program to prevent early childhood caries in the Dominican Republic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The principal aim of this randomized clinical trial (RCT) was to test the effectiveness in the prevention of Early Childhood Caries (ECC) through an educational intervention program with the use of a printed guide for pediatricians and parents both designed by pediatric dentists.

Materials and methods

After ethical approval, the first step was to design the educational guides, which were based on the information obtained from a focus group with pediatricians (n = 3), phone interviews with mothers to toddlers' (n = 7), and the best evidence available about children's oral health. For the RCT, 309 parents with their 10-12 months old children were randomly allocated to either the intervention or the control group. Parents in the intervention group receiv

SUBMITTER: Abreu-Placeres N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10527370 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature