Toothbrushing programme in Saudi Arabia 'TOPS': a study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial in kindergartens, Riyadh.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Dental caries among children is a major global health problem and is a particular public health challenge in Saudi Arabia. Dental caries cause pain, infection and negatively impact quality of life. As part of population oral health improvement efforts in Saudi Arabia, this project aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a supervised toothbrushing programme in kindergartens.

Methods and analysis

This study is a cluster randomised controlled trial. Enrolment began in September 2022, for two academic years (2022-2024) on 20 randomly selected kindergartens in Riyadh. The data collection phase will be completed in September 2024. Ten kindergartens are randomly allocated to supervised toothbrushing and 10 to treatment as usual, which is an annual oral health awareness v

SUBMITTER: Almutairi B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11298734 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature