An observational study in Smoking and Orofacial Dysfunction, sponsored by Ahram Canadian University. Status unknown. Open to participants aged 4 Years to 7 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-03-06.
Sponsored by Ahram Canadian University · Observational
This study aims to investigate the orofacial dysfunction in children who are subjected to passive smoking and to correlate its results to their saliva cotinine levels
The participants will be recruited from the pedodontics outpatient clinic in the, Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Ahram Canadian University, Egypt. The aim and the steps of the study will be explained to the guardian.
After obtaining the informed consent, the investigator will fill an administrative questionnaire, which includes parents and child's personal data, medical and dental history, a question inquiring if one of the parents smokes in the house, the frequency of smoking, smoking type, and number of cigarettes (if present).
Then, the examination of orofacial dysfunction will be evaluated by the investigator, using Nordic Orofacial Test - screen (NOT-S)
325 studies on the registry are indexed under Smoking; 141 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 20 is below the median of 114 across 69 observational studies indexed under Smoking.
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Cooperative Egyptian children aged from (four to seven) years.
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Exclusion Criteria:
children whose parents reported having one or more family members smokes indoors in the presence of the child
Diagnostic Test: Nordic Orofacial Test-Screen (NOT-S)
children whose parents reported not to have one or more family members smokes indoors in the presence of the child
Diagnostic Test: Nordic Orofacial Test-Screen (NOT-S)
screening tool to detect orofacial dysfunction
Orofacial Dysfunction (measured using Nordic Orofacial Test-Screen)
deviation from normal functions of facial and oral structures
Time frame: baseline record
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Plan to share: Undecided
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