What is important in dental trauma?
Research type
Research Study
Full title
What is important in dental trauma - a qualitative exploration of outcomes of importance to children and their parents following a traumatic dental injury.
IRAS ID
246717
Contact name
Kate Kenny
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Leeds
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
N/A, N/A
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
Children of all ages can bang, break or have their teeth knocked out. This is called dental trauma and is often referred to as ‘traumatic dental injury’ (TDI). It is usually the front teeth that are broken or knocked out. This happens to many children. In fact, about 1 in 5 children have an injured front tooth. These children can be bullied and teased about their appearance, especially if their tooth is discoloured or broken.
When children have these dental injuries, they often need a lot of treatment at the dentist. Sometimes this treatment happens in a special clinic, like a Dental Hospital. Some children still need dental treatment many years later. This costs the NHS a lot of money. There is also a cost to the child and their parent, for example taking time off school and work to attend appointments.
The result of an injury or treatment for the injury is known as an outcome. Outcomes that are important to patients and their families are not well reported in research. In fact, we don’t know very much at all about what is important to children and their parents.
We want to interview children and parents who have had their treatment for a dental injury The interview will take place wherever they usually attend for their dental treatment, by phone, or at another location of their choice.
The children will be interviewed with their parent present if they wish. I will interview the parents on their own. The interviews will be voice recorded. Each participant will be interviewed once. They will then be asked to complete two online surveys, about one month apart. After this they will not be contacted again.
The research is being funded by the Royal College of Surgeons England.
REC name
North West - Greater Manchester East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/NW/0628
Date of REC Opinion
27 Sep 2018
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion