Status:

COMPLETED

Sweet Cheeks: How Early Nutrition Affects Oral Microbiota Populations and Disease Incidence

Lead Sponsor:

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Conditions:

Health Behavior

Eligibility:

All Genders

2-7 years

Brief Summary

Dietary and oral hygiene habits are known to affect oral microorganisms and disease incidence, but most research has focused on preschool aged (2-4 yr old) children. A recent experiment in our lab dem...

Detailed Description

Dietary and oral hygiene habits are known to affect oral microorganisms and disease incidence, but most research has focused on preschool aged (2-4 yr old) children. A recent experiment in our lab dem...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Women must deliver vaginally a full term baby (37 weeks or later). Women must have a healthy pregnancy without medical complications. Women must breastfeed their baby for a period of time after birth (greater than 1 week), followed by introduction of formula.
  • Exclusion criteria:
  • Women must not have smoked during their pregnancy,nor have any serious medical conditions during their pregnancy.
  • Infants can not be born via cesarean section.
  • In addition, the infant should not have any chronic medical conditions and not taking any regular medications.

Exclusion

  • full term infant
  • healthy infant
  • initially breastfed by mother

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2012

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

15 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01836952

Start Date

October 1 2012

End Date

March 1 2016

Last Update

October 31 2016

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University of Illinois

Urbana, Illinois, United States, 61801