The Effect of Using Mobile Applications for Improving Oral Hygiene

Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy

Status: Completed

Conditions: Orthodontic Appliance Complication

Treatments: Behavioral: Verbal oral hygiene instructions; Behavioral: Mobile phone application

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03109769

FUGRP/2014/191

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aims to investigate the effect of the use of mobile phone application sending reminders to patients with orthodontic fixed appliances on oral hygiene.

Full description

Subjects were randomized into two groups, the first group received a mobile application that sends active reminders notifications of oral hygiene. The second group received verbal oral hygiene instructions during their regular visits to the orthodontics clinics.

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Participants were having orthodontic fixed appliance treatment.
2. Participants were aged 12 years old and above, owned mobile phones and did not have mental or physical disabilities.
3. 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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44 participants in 2 patient groups

Mobile phone application

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects in this group received a mobile phone application that sends active reminder notifications of oral hygiene 3 times a day.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mobile phone application

Verbal oral hygiene instructions

Active Comparator group

Description:

Subjects in this group received verbal oral hygiene instructions during their regular orthodontic visits every 4 weeks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Verbal oral hygiene instructions