| Source of record | UK Trials |
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN99609795 |
| Date ISRCTN assigned | 31/01/2002 |
| Local reference number(s) | N/A |
| Public title | A randomised controlled trial to explore attitudes to routine scale and polish and compare manual versus ultrasonic scaling |
| Scientific title |
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| Acronym | N/A |
| Disease/condition/study domain | Routine dental scale and polish |
| Study hypothesis | Not provided at time of registration |
| Design/methodology | Randomised controlled trial |
| Research ethics review | Not provided at time of registration |
| Countries of trial | United Kingdom |
| Participants - inclusion criteria | 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. |
| Participants - exclusion criteria | Not provided at time of registration |
| Patient information material |
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| Anticipated start date | 01/04/2001 |
| Anticipated end date | 01/06/2001 |
| Status of trial | Completed |
| Target number of participants | Not provided at time of registration |
| Interventions | Normal routine scaling by one of:
1. Manual
2. Ultrasonic application combined with polishing |
| Primary outcome measure(s) | Not provided at time of registration |
| Secondary outcome measure(s) | Not provided at time of registration |
| Publications | Results inhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15975140 |
| Sources of funding | 1. Scottish Council for Postgraduate Dental and Medical Education (UK)
2. Scottish Executive's Chief Scientist Office (UK) - via Dental Health Services Research Unit |
| Sponsor name | Scottish Council for Postgraduate Dental and Medical Education (UK) |
| Sponsor details | c/o Dundee Dental Hospital and School
Park Place
Dundee
United Kingdom
DD1 4HR |
| Sponsor website | http://scpmde-edu.dundee.ac.uk/ |
| Contact name | Dr Jan E. Clarkson |
| Contact details | Dental Health Services Research Unit
Dundee Dental Hospital and School
Park Place
Dundee
United Kingdom
DD1 4HR |
| Contact telephone | +44 (0)1382 425751 |
| Contact fax | +44 (0)1382 226550 |
| Contact email | j.e.clarkson@dundee.ac.uk |
| More information | For more up-to-date information please go to the ISRCTN link below. |
| Link to record in ISRCTN Register | ISRCTN99609795 |
| Date last extracted from ISRCTN register | 17/04/2008 |
