Accuracy of Teledentistry for Diagnosis and Treatment Need in Dental Caries Detection Versus Clinical Examination on a Group of Egyptian Children: A Diagnostic Accuracy Study

ConditionTeledentistry
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age4-12
SponsorCairo University

About this trial

The aim of this study is to assess the accuracy of teledentistry for diagnosis and treatment need in dental caries detection versus clinical examination on a group of Egyptian children.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Egyptian pediatric patients aged 4 to 12 years with a chief complaint of dental caries with or without pain.

Both genders are included.

Disqualifiers

Egyptian pediatric patients with systemic conditions that will affect their treatment needs.

Refusal of participation.

Refusal to sign the informed consent.

Trial population

Participants are Egyptian children with dental caries attending the diagnostic center at the Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University, Egypt.

Trial design

Design model

Other

Time perspective

Prospective

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Teledentistry

    Other intervention

    Measuring the accuracy of the mobile photographic method of teledentistry for diagnosis and treatment need in dental caries detection

Treatment groups

No treatment groups listed

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Teledentistry for dental caries detection

By measuring the accuracy of mobile photographic method of teledentistry for dental caries detection

Time frame
3 months

Secondary outcomes

1

Clinical dental caries examination

By measuring the accuracy of clinical dental caries examination

Time frame
3 months
2

Reliability of treatment needs

By measuring the accuracy of teledentistry for treatment need

Time frame
3 months

Other outcomes

Locations

This trial has no locations.

Sponsors and contacts

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Cairo University

Lead sponsor

NewGiza University

Sponsor institution

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