Impact of Visual Stimuli on Pediatric Oral Hygiene Performance

Eskisehir Osmangazi University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dental Plaque; Halitosis; Oral Hygiene Education Methods

Treatments: Other: Verbal-Active Oral Hygiene Education (Control Group); Other: Verbal-Active Oral Hygiene Education with Positive Visual Aids; Other: Verbal-Active Oral Hygiene Education with Negative Visual Aids

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07150429

ESOGU-PEDO-05.06.2024/36

Details and patient eligibility

About

In the present study, children aged 7 to 14 will receive verbal and active (hands-on) oral hygiene education. The education will be delivered in three different formats:

Education supported with positive visual aids (images of healthy teeth),

Education supported with negative visual aids (images of decayed or unhealthy teeth),

Verbal and active education only (control group).

These visual aids are intended to demonstrate the potential positive and negative outcomes of tooth brushing behavior.

The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of these different visual motivational tools approaches on children's oral hygiene performance.

To achieve this, the children's dental plaque levels and halitosis scores will be measured before the education, one week after, and one month after. These procedures are quick, painless, and non-invasive.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 14 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• (1) children who had not previously received oral hygiene education, (2) children with carious lesions scored no higher than 4 on the ICDAS scale, and (3) systemically healthy children between the ages of 7 and 14. The study population consisted of male children, as well as female children who had not yet reached menarche.

Exclusion criteria

• (1) Children who declined to participate in the study, (2) girls who had reached menarche, (3)children with systemic disorders, and (4) children with presenting with intraoral conditions such as defective restorations that could facilitate plaque retention.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 3 patient groups

Verbal-active education supported by positive visual aids

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Verbal-Active Oral Hygiene Education with Positive Visual Aids

Verbal-active education supported by negative visual aids

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Verbal-Active Oral Hygiene Education with Negative Visual Aids

Verbal-active education only (control group)

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Verbal-Active Oral Hygiene Education (Control Group)