Effectiveness of Smartphone Application Based Brushing Reminder Therapy for Plaque Control in Orthodontic Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Plaque index score
研究概览
简要总结
This randomized control trial was performed to asses the efficiency of smartphone application based reminder therapy on plaque control and oral hygiene at two points in time.
详细描述
This randomized controlled trial was performed to assess the effect of the smartphone application based reminders for oral hygiene reinforcement on orthodontic patients. Methods: 60 orthodontic patients were randomly allocated to either control or experimental group (30 each). Experimental groups received reminders twice a day by a smartphone application. Plaque scoring was done by using Turesky modified Quigley-Hein plaque index (TMQHPI) at baseline(T0), after 2 weeks(T1) and after 6 weeks(T3). Results: Significant difference in plaque scores was found at T2(6 weeks), but no significant difference was found at T1(2 weeks). Conclusions: Active smartphone-based reminder therapy for oral hygiene maintenance during fixed appliance orthodontic treatment decreases the plaque scores in patients in medium to long term
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 12 Years 至 30 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •- A total of Sixty (60) patients between 12-30 years of age undergoing fixed appliance therapy were included in the study. All the participants had to be in at least 4 weeks of active orthodontic therapy with fixed appliances in all the quadrants of the oral cavity. Further inclusion criteria were familiarity with smartphone and a personal smartphone with Android version ≥ 6.0 or iOS version ≥ 10 operating system, good general and dental health (no active caries, no advanced gingivitis, or periodontitis needing periodontal therapy), with no history of smoking or any other form of tobacco use, no antibiotic or chlorhexidine containing mouth rinses used within two weeks of screening.
排除标准
- •- Patients with prosthesis in the mouth and those taking antibiotics, anti-epileptics, anti-hypertensives and immunosuppressive medications were excluded from the study.
结局指标
主要结局
Plaque index score
时间窗: 6 weeks (at T2)
Turesky modified Quigley-Hein plaque index (score: minimum=0 maximum=5. worsening with increase in score from 0-5)
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Salman Khan
Resident, department of orthodontics
Rehman Medical Institute - RMI