Baby Teeth Talk Study (BTT).

Study name	Preventing early childhood caries in Indigenous children: the Baby Teeth Talk study (BTT)
Methods	RCT
Participants	Pregnant women who identify as Aboriginal Peoples in Canada (First Nations, Metis, Inuit) and live in urban and on‐reserve communities in Ontario and Manitoba.
Interventions	Baby Teeth Talk. MI and AG provided pre‐ and postnatally to mothers by community‐based researchers, concerning how to care for children's teeth. Delivered at the time of tooth eruption (6–10 months), 12, 18, and 24 months. Dental care and fluoride varnish applied at time of tooth eruption, 12, 18, and 24 months. Control group received a delayed dental care programme; MI and AG, dental care, and fluoride varnish provided at 24, 30, and 36 months.
Outcomes	Outcomes assessed from preconception to 3 years' postpartum. Child dental caries as incidence and increment over 2 years; maternal/carer oral health‐related knowledge, self‐care, self‐efficacy, and literacy; maternal/carer dental health service utilisation.
Starting date	June 2011
Contact information	Herenia P Lawrence
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