The Effect of Portable AR on Tooth Brushing Skill for Elementary School Students

Kaohsiung Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Device: AR-toothbrush machine; Behavioral: Teach proper brushing skills

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05956262

KMUHIRB-SV(I)-20200073

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study An augmented reality (AR) simulation toothbrushing machine was developed to train proper brushing technique for children. The investigators aimed to evaluate the effects of AR brushing machine on knowledge of dental clearing skill, self-efficacy and dental plaque control in elementary schoolchildren in Taiwan.

Full description

A quasi-experimental design was conducted; ten intervention schools (AR group) and ten comparison schools were selected from elementary schools. Overall, grade 3-6 students in the AR group (n = 290) and the traditional group (n = 311), respectively. Students in the AR group received a two-time repeated AR-based training for 30 minutes at two-week intervals. Students in the CG received traditional classroom-based teaching. Baseline and follow-ups information was collected using dental plaque examinations and questionnaires. The generalized estimating equations(GEE) were used to evaluate the outcomes between two groups over time.

Enrollment: 601 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 9 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Primary school students 3 to 6 grades

Exclusion criteria

• Schoolchildren with disability certification.
• Schoolchildren with congenital severe oral diseases (eg. cleft lip and palate )
• Disability to operate the AR system

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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601 participants in 2 patient groups

AR group

Experimental group

Description:

Student in AR group received a two-time repeated AR-based training for 30 minutes at two-week intervals.

Treatment:

Device: AR-toothbrush machine

traditional group

Experimental group

Description:

Students in the traditional group received a two-time repeated 10-minute lesson regarding proper toothbrushing skills in the classroom at two-week intervals.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Teach proper brushing skills