Intra-oral Camera in Gingival Health

Universidade de Lisboa

Status: Completed

Conditions: Gingival Hemorrhage; Communication; Health Behavior; Gingivitis

Treatments: Device: SOPROCARE®; Behavioral: SPT consultation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02725983

06/2014

Details and patient eligibility

About

Evaluate the effects of using an intra-oral camera (IOC) during supportive periodontal therapy (SPT), on the psychological, behavioral and clinical parameters of patients with gingivitis, outlined by evidence and a theory-based framework.

Full description

A group of 78 adult patients with gingivitis receiving an SPT was randomized into two groups: IOC and control.

Bleeding on Marginal Probing (BOMP), self-reported dental hygiene behaviors, and psychological determinants of behavior change (outcome expectancies, self-efficacy and planning) and IOC opinion were evaluated one week before or during the consultation and four months later.

Enrollment: 78 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• >18 years old.
• • 20 teeth (minimum 5 per quadrant)
• BOMP > 0.5

Exclusion criteria

• periodontitis (pockets >4),
• smoking patients
• orthodontic patients
• pregnant
• 1 removable partial denture

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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78 participants in 2 patient groups

Intra Oral Camera

Experimental group

Description:

Dental appointment, one hour and included activities that are normally part of a SPT consultation (Bardet et al. 1999), as well as specific behavior change techniques, such as the use of reinforcement, goal-setting and feedback as described by Newton and Asimakopoulou (2015). Special attention was given to patient communication and words such as 'cleaning' and 'hygiene' were replaced by therapeutic synonyms (e.g. inflamed areas and controlling the inflammation). In this group, the device SOPROCARE® by Acteon was used in the examination and diagnosis and also for the establishment of therapeutic goals, strategies and skills.

Treatment:

Device: SOPROCARE®

Behavioral: SPT consultation

No Intra Oral camera

Active Comparator group

Description:

Dental appointment, one hour and included activities that are normally part of a SPT consultation (Bardet et al. 1999), as well as specific behavior change techniques, such as the use of reinforcement, goal-setting and feedback as described by Newton and Asimakopoulou (2015) and considered crucial to the accomplishment of long term behavior change. Moreover, special attention was given to patient communication and words such as 'cleaning' and 'hygiene' were replaced by therapeutic synonyms (e.g. inflamed areas and controlling the inflammation) in order to focus patients´ attention on the varied facets of oral health care and increase their perception of the treatment needs. In this group, the device SOPROCARE® by Acteon was not used.

Treatment:

Behavioral: SPT consultation