Find-A-Study

Investigating how much erosive tooth wear and tooth sensitivity exist in the United States

Lay Description

We will first use our dental scanner (Intra-oral scanner) to scan all the surfaces of all your teeth and later we will examine the images of each tooth to check for tooth wear. Secondly, we will examine if you have sensitivity in any of your teeth by gently blowing air on each tooth. Thirdly, we will further examine if your gum is receding down (gum recession) on any of your teeth. This study is done in four centers to cover Southwest (San Antonio), Southeast, Northeast, and West of US. The data from all centers will collected together to determine how much of these problems exist in US.

Eligibility

Eligible Ages: 18 and older
Eligible Genders: Women and Men
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Inclusion Criteria

In order to participate subjects must:

a. Be aged 18 or over, of either gender.

b. Provide voluntary, written informed consent.

c. Understand and be willing, able and likely to comply with all study procedures and restrictions.

d. Be in good health (see exclusion criteria below).

e. Have a minimum of 10 teeth not including implants or teeth with crowns or bridges.

Exclusion Criteria

No subject may:

Have any medical condition that could be expected to interfere with the subject’s safety during the study period (including temporomandibular disorders).
Be incapable of responding to the questions.
Be an employee or a family relative of an employee of the sponsor.
Be using maxillary or mandibular orthodontic appliances, except lingual bar.
Have used analgesic (pain relieving) drugs or have used a topical analgesic in the preceding 12 h.
Have had dental treatment involving anesthesia in the study visit, before the study procedures.

Have previously participated in this study.

Study Design

Arm Groups

Study Contact

Vohra Razina
210-643-9803
vohrar@uthscsa.edu

Principal Investigator
Bennett Amaechi