Prevalence Of Deleterious Oral Habits Among a Group of School Children in Cairo, Egypt: Cross-Sectional Study

Ahram Canadian University1,500 enrolled

Overview

This study aims to detect the prevalence of practicing oral habits among a group of school children in Cairo, Egypt.

An online questionnaire utilizing the third domain of Nordic Orofacial Test screen will be distributed among school children (aged five to seven years) parents to measure the prevalence of oral habits.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

1,500

Conditions

Habits Bruxism Sucking Behavior Nail Biting

Interventions

thired domain of nordic orofcial test-screenOTHER

its a questionnaire which the parent will answer

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 5 YearsMax age: 7 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * school children * accept to participate * children within the age group Exclusion Criteria: * special health care needs children

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

oral habits (presence / absence)

practicing one or more of the following habit(s): sucking habits, nail biting, bruxism

Time frame: baseline record

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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