The Behaviour of Dental Nurses Applying Fluoride Varnish to Young Children (BEHAVE)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00881790 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: April 15, 2009
Last Update Posted
: January 10, 2013
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment |
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Dental Caries | Other: Fluoride varnish |

Study Type : | Observational |
Actual Enrollment : | 509 participants |
Observational Model: | Cohort |
Time Perspective: | Cross-Sectional |
Official Title: | The Behavioural Engagement of Dental Nurses Applying the Fluoride Varnish to Young Children: the BEHAVE Study |
Study Start Date : | April 2009 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | June 2010 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2011 |

Group/Cohort | Intervention/treatment |
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Fluoride application |
Other: Fluoride varnish
the topical application of fluoride varnish to all surfaces of exposed teeth
Other Name: Duraphat
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- Distinct defined communicative behaviour of dental nurse [ Time Frame: 6 months ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 3 Years to 6 Years (Child) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Nursery school children from designated nursery schools (from under resourced communities) in East Scotland.
Health Boards involved include: Fife, Forth Valley and Tayside
Inclusion Criteria:
- children attending nursery schools (to be designated in the Health Boards described above)
Exclusion Criteria:
- consent of parent not supplied
- learning difficulties
- child refuses

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00881790
United Kingdom | |
University of St Andrews | |
St Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom, KY16 9TS |
Principal Investigator: | Gerald M Humphris, PhD | Univ of St Andrews |
Additional Information:
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Responsible Party: | Prof G Humphris, Chair of Health Psychology, University of St Andrews |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00881790 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
BEHAVE01 |
First Posted: | April 15, 2009 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 10, 2013 |
Last Verified: | January 2013 |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Dental Caries Tooth Demineralization Tooth Diseases Stomatognathic Diseases Fluorides |
Fluorides, Topical Cariostatic Agents Protective Agents Physiological Effects of Drugs |