Arrow 2013.

Trial name or title	Reducing disease burden and health inequalities arising from chronic dental disease among Indigenous children: an early childhood caries intervention
Methods	RCT: ANCTRN12611000111976
Participants	Recruitment target: 1028 Inclusion criteria: Child/parent newborn dyads attending the all child/community health clinics in metropolitan Perth and Bunbury/Bussleton Exclusion criteria: not reported Setting: Perth, Bunbury and Busselton, Australia
Interventions	Intervention group: mothers provided with tailored oral health counselling by oral health consultants trained in motivational interviewing and anticipatory guidance Control group: standard care (early oral health screening program, "lift the lip" program, available through Western Australia since 2011)
Outcomes	Primary outcome: incidence of dental decay in primary teeth of children, counts of dmft/s (including non‐cavitated lesions), assessed at 24 and 36 months; prevalence of obesity in children, measured using child height/length and weight and BMI, at 24 and 36 months Other outcomes: changes in knowledge, attitude, behaviour and self‐efficacy of parents towards the oral health of their child (various measures); nutritional and dietary patterns (various measures); dental decay in children at 5 years of age; referral for care under general anaesthesia, cumulative, assessed at 5 years of age
Starting date	Anticipated start date 1/08/2011
Contact information	Peter Arrow, email: parrow@ozemail.com.au
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