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Oral Health Care Early Intervention Project
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Oral Health Care Early Intervention Project for Caries. Completed, enrolled 1,178 participants across 5 sites.
Detailed Summary
This pilot project consists of co-locating dental hygienist services in medical primary care offices. Dental hygienists will work in close collaboration with the primary care offices, providing preventive dental care to young children either before or after scheduled well-child visits.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
The intervention group will receive routine preventive dental care, 2 to 4 times per year depending on risk of caries. The intervention group will also receive pre-scheduling, reminders, and care coordination by the dental hygienist. The control group will receive usual care, but will not receive pre-scheduling, reminders, or care coordination by the dental hygienist. In order to determine the incidence of early childhood caries at study enrollment, both intervention and control groups will receive a standardized oral examination with an assessment of caries presence and extent on the day of enrollment, at 12 months and at 24 months after enrollment. Both children in the control group and intervention group will be referred to a dentist if found to need restorative care.