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Brushing RemInder 4 Good oral HealTh (BRIGHT) trial: does an SMS behaviour change programme with a classroom-based session improve the oral health of young people living in deprived areas? A study protocol of a randomised controlled trial.
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- Mobile Apps for Dental Caries Prevention: Systematic Search and Quality Evaluation.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Pooled it
- Process Evaluation of a Secondary School-Based Digital Behaviour Change Intervention to Improve Toothbrushing: The BRIGHT Randomised Controlled Trial.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2025Trial
- Behaviour change intervention (education and text) to prevent dental caries in secondary school pupils: BRIGHT RCT, process and economic evaluation.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2024Trial
- Co-Design and Development of the SmilesUp Text Messaging Intervention Using Behavioral Theory to Support Parents of Children With Early Childhood Caries: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2025Article
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- Clustering of children's oral diseases in families and villages in a rural setting in Egypt.BMC oral health · 2023Article
- Behavioral Interventions on Periodontitis Patients to Improve Oral Hygiene: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Set up and assessment of progression criteria for internal pilots: the Brushing RemInder 4 Good oral HealTh (BRIGHT) trial example.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2023Article
- Children's hospices: an opportunity to put the mouth back in the body.British dental journal · 2022Article
- Acceptability of the Brushing RemInder 4 Good oral HealTh (BRIGHT) trial intervention: a qualitative study of perspectives of young people and school staff.BMC oral health · 2022Article
- Development of a secondary school-based digital behaviour change intervention to improve tooth brushing.BMC oral health · 2021Article
- Children and young people's concerns and needs relating to their use of health technology to self-manage long-term conditions: a scoping review.Archives of disease in childhood · 2020Article
- Top 100 most cited economic evaluation papers of preventive oral health programmes: A bibliometric analysis.Journal of oral biology and craniofacial researchReview
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Abstract
backgroundAlmost one-half of 12-15 year olds living in deprived areas of the UK have dental caries (tooth decay) with few oral health promotion programmes aimed at children of this age. Mobile phone-based interventions such as short messaging service (SMS) interventions have been found effective at changing certain behaviours and improving health outcomes. This protocol describes the BRIGHT Trial, investigating the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a behaviour change intervention-classroom-based session (CBS) embedded in the curriculum and a series of SMS delivered to participants twice daily to remind them to brush their teeth, compared to usual curriculum and no SMS-to reduce the prevalence of dental caries in young people from deprived areas.
objectivesTo investigate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a complex intervention to improve the oral health of young people living in deprived areas. METHODS/
designThis is a school-based, assessor-blinded, two-arm cluster-randomised controlled trial with an internal pilot trial. Overall, the trial will involve approximately 5040 11-13 year olds in 42 schools with a 3-year follow-up. The trial will take place in secondary schools in England, Scotland and Wales. The primary outcome is the presence of carious lesions in permanent teeth at 3 years. Secondary outcomes are: number of carious teeth, frequency of twice-daily toothbrushing, plaque levels, gingivitis, child health-related quality of life and oral health-related quality of life. A cost-utility analysis will be conducted. DISCUSSION: The findings of the trial have implications for embedding oral health interventions into school curricula guidance produced by national bodies, including departments for education and dental public health and guideline-development organisations.
trial registrationISRCTN registry, ISRCTN12139369 . Registered on 10 May 2017.
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