Treating Children With Extensive Dental Needs

NCT06863103 | Enrolling By Invitation

• 1 other identifier: MAU 2024/122
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this qualitative study, using Grounded Theory, is to gain deeper knowledge about dentists' experiences from treating in particular young children with an extensive treatment need (mainly due to caries). The main question is to find out more about the dentists' reactions, feelings, perceived stress, and thoughts in general when meeting and treating young children with many carious lesions. The investigators also want to gain better understanding of how dentists think about reporting children who might be subject for maltreatment.

Conditions

Dental Caries; Tooth Extraction; Conscious Sedation; Attitude; Anesthesia, General

Keywords

grounded theory; dentist; pediatric dentistry; dental caries; ethical stress

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Dentists' attitudes on handling children with extensive treatment need

  This study aims to identify and categorize the main themes that emerge from qualitative interviews with dentists who treat children with extensive dental needs. The themes will be derived using grounded theory methodology, focusing on the challenges, strategies, and outcomes associated with providing care to this patient population. By analyzing data, codes will be identified, leading up to conceptual categories that in the end will form a core-category, a new theory.

  The data will be collected and analyzed over a period of 12 months.

Study Arms (1)

Child-treating dentists

Dentists meeting young children with extensive treatment need

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: Up to 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Dentists, both general dental practitioners and specialist, or those under training to become specialist in pediatric dentistry.

You may qualify if:

• Dentists, both general dental practitioners and specialist, or those under training to become specialist in pediatric dentistry.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Malmö University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Faculty of Odontology, Malmo University

Malmo, 20506, Sweden

Location

Related Publications (8)

• Kassebaum NJ, Bernabe E, Dahiya M, Bhandari B, Murray CJ, Marcenes W. Global burden of untreated caries: a systematic review and metaregression. J Dent Res. 2015 May;94(5):650-8. doi: 10.1177/0022034515573272. Epub 2015 Mar 4.

  PMID: 25740856 BACKGROUND

• Griffen AL, Schneiderman LJ. Ethical issues in managing the noncompliant child. Pediatr Dent. 1992 May-Jun;14(3):178-83.

  PMID: 1528787 BACKGROUND

• Farokh-Gisour E, Hatamvand M. Investigation of Stress Level Among Dentistry Students, General Dentists, and Pediatric Dental Specialists During Performing Pediatric Dentistry in Kerman, Iran, in 2017. Open Dent J. 2018 Sep 28;12:631-637. doi: 10.2174/1745017901814010631. eCollection 2018.

  PMID: 30369972 BACKGROUND

• "Dellve L, Henning Abrahamsson K, Trulsson U, Hallberg LR-M. Grounded theory in public health research. In: Hallberg LR-M, ed. Qualitative methods in public health research: theoretical foundations and practical examples. Lund: Studentlitteratur, 2002; 137-173."

  BACKGROUND

• Kvist T, Wickstrom A, Miglis I, Dahllof G. The dilemma of reporting suspicions of child maltreatment in pediatric dentistry. Eur J Oral Sci. 2014 Oct;122(5):332-8. doi: 10.1111/eos.12143. Epub 2014 Jul 11.

  PMID: 25039643 BACKGROUND

• Kizilci E, Kizilay F, Mahyaddinova T, Muhtaroglu S, Kolcakoglu K. Stress levels of a group of dentists while providing dental care under clinical, deep sedation, and general anesthesia. Clin Oral Investig. 2023 Jul;27(7):3601-3609. doi: 10.1007/s00784-023-04973-9. Epub 2023 Mar 30.

  PMID: 36995430 BACKGROUND

• Glaser B, Strauss A. The discovery of grounded theory: strategies for qualitative research. New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 1967.

  BACKGROUND

• Davidovich E, Pessov Y, Baniel A, Ram D. Levels of Stress among General Practitioners, Students and Specialists In Pediatric Dentistry during Dental Treatment. J Clin Pediatr Dent. 2015 Fall;39(5):419-22. doi: 10.17796/1053-4628-39.5.419.

  PMID: 26551363 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Dental Caries; Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Tooth Demineralization; Tooth Diseases; Stomatognathic Diseases

Study Officials

• Henrik Berlin, PhD

  Malmö University, Faculty of Odontology

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 5, 2024
• First Posted: March 7, 2025
• Study Start: March 26, 2024
• Primary Completion: December 25, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): May 31, 2026
• Last Updated: May 7, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

SE (1)