A Pilot Study to Promote Maternal and Infant Oral Health

N/ACompletedNCT00719238

UConn Health121 enrolled

Overview

The long term goals of this project are to develop and implement a combined prenatal and postnatal intervention to decrease early childhood caries. The program is based on risk assessment, diet intervention and counseling. To accomplish these goals a pilot study is needed to determine: 1) The ability to recruit and retain pregnant mothers in an intervention program; 2) The levels of S. mutans in pregnant mothers; 3) The ability of a diet intervention to decrease S. mutans in pregnant mothers.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

121

Conditions

Dental Caries

Interventions

Nutrition plus educationBEHAVIORAL

Nutritional instruction in small groups plus education

Education onlyBEHAVIORAL

Educational video and pamphlets

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18 or over; * Pregnant * High S. mutans levels Exclusion Criteria: * Younger than 18; * Other health conditions

Locations (1)

University of Connecticut Health Center

Farmington, Connecticut, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Sugar intake

Time frame: 3 months post partum

Secondary Outcomes

mutans streptococci levels

Time frame: 3 months post partum

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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