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CATCH Healthy Smiles:An Elementary School Oral Health Intervention Trial

CATCH Healthy Smiles: A Cluster-RCT of an Elementary School Oral Health Intervention

NCT04632667•The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Summary

The purpose of this study is to clinically evaluate the effects of a school-based behavioral intervention, CATCH Healthy Smiles, to reduce the risk of dental caries in a cohort of kindergarten through 2nd grade (K-2) children serving low-income, ethnically-diverse children,to determine the impact of CATCH Healthy Smiles on child behavioral, psychosocial, and environmental outcomes beginning in K through 2nd grade, compared to children in the control schools and to examine the extent to which the child behavioral, psychosocial, and environmental factors mediate the improvements in child caries risk.

Eligibility

Age

5 - 9 years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion Criteria

•For schools:
•greater than 75% of the children enrolled in the dree/reduced school lunch program.
•enrolling children in grade K in the 2021-2022 school year.
•agree to implement the CATCH Healthy Smiles program and agreed to participate in the measurements
•For parent and child to participate in the measures:
•ability of the parent to speak and read in English or Spanish at the 4th grade level,
•child enrolled in the participating school in grade K in the 2021-2022 school year
•child ability to participate in the regular activities at the school

Exclusion Criteria

•No congenital dental conditions such as cleft palate, children with enamel hypoplasia, severe fluorosis, or special dental setting needs.

Locations (1)

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Houston, Texas, United States

Key Dates

Start Date

February 5, 2022

Primary Completion Date

June 30, 2025

Completion Date

June 30, 2025

Last Updated

July 8, 2025

Enrollment

1,084

ACTUAL participants

Conditions

Caries,Dental

Interventions

Comparison School Group

BEHAVIORAL

Intervention School Group

BEHAVIORAL

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RECRUITINGNA

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CATCH Healthy Smiles:An Elementary School Oral Health Intervention Trial

Inclusion Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

Comparison of the Treatment Outcomes of the Conventional Stainless Steel Crown Restorations and the Hall Technique in the Treatment of Carious Primary Molars

Evaluation of Antimicrobial, Post Operative Pain of Cinnamon Extract Versus Sodium Hypochlorite Irrigant Following Pulpectomy of Primary Teeth

Caries Prevalence, Experience and Risk Related Factors Among Early Middle-aged Patients Attending Cairo University

CARDEC-PEL: Comparison of Two Methods of Caries Risk Assessment in Children

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