Evaluation of the Agreement Between a Consultation With a Nurse Acquiring Three-dimensional Intraoral Images Made With a 3D Intraoral Camera and the Standard Consultation With a Dental Surgeon, in Institutionalized Elderly Subjects

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Three-dimensional dental acquisition: Consultation with a trained nurse who will perform a three-dimensional dental acquisition using a 3D intraoral camera

Study summary

The primary objective of this study will be to assess the agreement between a dental consultation with a nurse acquiring intraoral images, using a 3D intraoral camera, and a standard consultation with a dental surgeon, in institutionalized elderly subjects Institutionalized subjects planned to have a dental consultation and eligible will be included once written informed consent is signed. Their dental consultation will start with a consultation with a nurse to record 3D intraoral images, then a consultation with a dental surgeon for standard dental care, blinded from the nurse consultation will be performed. Thereafter, 3D images will be analyzed by another dental surgeon blinded from the results of both consultations. Agreement on different outcomes between the analysis of the images acquired by the nurse and the standard dental evaluation by a dental surgeon will be assessed.

Agreement on the results between the interpretation of the 3D images acquired by a nurse and the standard consultation by a dental surgeon could lead, in the long term, to a significant step forward in dental care of institutionalized patients.

Indeed, training nursing home nurses to acquire 3D dental images would enable the identification of patients in need of immediate dental care and thus extend the possibilities of access to consultations with a dentist for these patients. This would increase the efficiency of care.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• DMFT index — Day 1
  During dental consultation with a dental surgeon and during the analysis of the 3D images DMFT index (Klein and Palmer, 1940). The index will be assessed from the 3D intraoral images acquired during the nurse consultation and from the standard dental consultation performed by a dental surgeon. The DMFT index describes, excluding third molars, the number of teeth: * D : Decayed * M : missing * FT : Filled Teeth The score represents the sum of missing, decayed and/or filled teeth in the same individual. Third molars are not taken into account in the calculation of this score.

Trial sites (1)

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