Effects of Social Media on Oral Hygiene With Orthodontic Patients

Karadeniz Technical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Orthodontic Appliance Complication; Periodontal Inflammation

Treatments: Behavioral: Social media motivation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06886984

KTU-DENT-BB-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of traditional and social media motivation strategies in improving oral hygiene with fixed orthodontic treatment.

Full description

In this prospective, controlled clinical trial, 44 orthodontic patients were equally allocated to a social media (Facebook, Instagram and X (Twitter)) and control group. The control group received only traditional communication including verbal and written instructions at the beginning of the therapy. The patients assigned to social media group received two posts twice a week reminding hygiene procedures in addition to standardized oral hygiene instructions. Periodontal scores were obtained at 4-6-week intervals during six appointments (T1-T6) using the gingival index (GI), bleeding index (BI), and planimetric plaque quantification (PI) on photographs

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 20 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Class 1 malocclusion who had simple or moderate crowding and did not require tooth extraction.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with functional appliances; surgical patients; those with a history of periodontitis, poor orthodontic hygiene, and/or physical or mental disabilities were excluded from the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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44 participants in 2 patient groups

Social-media motivated group

Experimental group

Description:

The patients assigned to social media group received two posts twice a week reminding hygiene procedures in addition to standardized oral hygiene instructions.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Social media motivation

Non motivated group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group received only traditional communication including verbal and written instructions at the beginning of the therapy.