EFFECT OF ORAL HYGIENE INSTRUCTION MOBILE APPLICATION ON THE ORAL HEALTH OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING FIXED ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT: A RANDOMISED CLINICAL TRIA
- Conditions
- Oral Health
- Registration Number
- PACTR202112595280782
- Lead Sponsor
- Adesunloye Adebisi
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 42
INCLUSION CRITERIA
1.Patients with malocclusion that require fixed orthodontic therapy.
2.Patients aged 12 years and above
3.Patients who own smart mobile phone
4.Patients that have not taken antibiotics for 3 months before the baseline examination and during treatment.
5.Patients with no signs of gingival inflammation at baseline.
6.Patients with no physical and mental disorders.
7.Patients without veneers, crowns or bridge.
EXCLUSION CRITERIA
1. Smokers
2. Pregnant or lactating women
3. Patients using medication such as Phenytoin for managing chronic diseases like epilepsy
4. Patients who have undergone periodontal treatment such as root planing, curettage and perio-surgery within 3 months before the baseline examination
5. Patients with a systemic disorder that could influence periodontal and microbiologic conditions or response to treatment such as uncontrolled diabetes mellitus.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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