The Effect of Active Reminders on Oral Hygiene in Orthodontics

Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Oral Hygiene

Treatments: Behavioral: Reminders once a week; Behavioral: Reminders three times a week; Behavioral: Daily reminders; Behavioral: Verbal oral hygiene instructions

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03330535

FRP/2018/27

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to investigate the efficacy of text message active reminders at different time intervals of oral hygiene instructions in patients with orthodontic fixed appliances.

Full description

Participants with orthodontic fixed appliances will be recruited from the university hospital clinics to receive text message reminders of oral hygiene. Four groups of participants will be formulated. Group 1 will be the control group and will not receive text messages. Group 2 will receive messages once a week. Group 3 will receive text message reminders 3 times a week. Group 4 will receive daily reminders. At baseline, after 4 weeks and after 8 weeks, gingival index and plaque index will be measured at each time point and then compared between groups.

Enrollment: 88 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants were having orthodontic fixed appliance treatment.
• Participants were aged 12 years old and above, owned mobile phones and did not have mental or physical disabilities.
• Participants were willing to comply with given oral hygiene instructions.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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88 participants in 4 patient groups

Verbal oral hygiene instructions

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants will receive verbal oral hygiene instructions during routine orthodontic visits.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Verbal oral hygiene instructions

Reminders once a week

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive active reminders once a week.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Reminders once a week

Reminders three times a week

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive active reminders three times a week.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Reminders three times a week

Daily reminders

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive active reminders daily.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Daily reminders