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ISRCTN
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ISRCTN99609795
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ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
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Public title
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A randomised controlled trial to explore attitudes to routine scale and polish and compare manual versus ultrasonic scaling
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Scientific title
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Acronym
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N/A
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Serial number at source
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N/A
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Study hypothesis
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Not provided at time of registration
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Ethics approval
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Not provided at time of registration
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Study design
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Randomised controlled trial
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Countries of recruitment
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United Kingdom
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Disease/condition/study domain
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Routine dental scale and polish
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Participants - inclusion criteria
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Dentist recruitment:
All dental vocational trainees and general dental professional trainees in Aberdeen, Dundee, and Perth were eligible.
Patient recruitment:
The patient, attending for routine check-up appointment, should be:
1. Adult
2. Dentate
3. Generally fit and well
4. Not fitted with a pacemaker
5. Agreeable to receiving a scale and polish at that visit
Consecutive patients, who met the inclusion criteria, were to be invited to participate in the study up to a limit of 16 per dentist.
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Participants - exclusion criteria
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Not provided at time of registration
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Anticipated start date
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01/04/2001
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Anticipated end date
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01/06/2001
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Status of trial
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Completed
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Patient information material
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Target number of participants
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Not provided at time of registration
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Interventions
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Normal routine scaling by one of:
1. Manual
2. Ultrasonic application combined with polishing
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Primary outcome measure(s)
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Not provided at time of registration
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Secondary outcome measure(s)
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Not provided at time of registration
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Sources of funding
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1. Scottish Council for Postgraduate Dental and Medical Education (UK)
2. Scottish Executive's Chief Scientist Office (UK) - via Dental Health Services Research Unit
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Trial website
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Publications
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Results inhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15975140
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Contact name
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Dr
Jan E.
Clarkson
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Address
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Dental Health Services Research Unit
Dundee Dental Hospital and School
Park Place
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City/town
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Dundee
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Zip/Postcode
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DD1 4HR
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Tel
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+44 (0)1382 425751
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Fax
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+44 (0)1382 226550
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Email
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j.e.clarkson@dundee.ac.uk
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Sponsor
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Scottish Council for Postgraduate Dental and Medical Education (UK)
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Address
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c/o Dundee Dental Hospital and School
Park Place
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City/town
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Dundee
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Zip/Postcode
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DD1 4HR
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Sponsor website:
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http://scpmde-edu.dundee.ac.uk/
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Date applied
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31/01/2002
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Last edited
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06/09/2007
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Date ISRCTN assigned
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31/01/2002
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