Trial reportEuropean archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry2022
Impact of smartphone application usage by mothers in improving oral health and its determinants in early childhood: a randomised controlled trial in a paediatric dental setting.
Trial report in European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07774910 (The Effectiveness of a Notification- and Reminder-Based Educational Application in Improving Maternal Oral Health Literacy and the Dental Health Status of Preschool Children in Pancoran Mas), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Effectiveness of a Notification- and Reminder-Based Educational Application in Improving Maternal Oral Health Literacy and the Dental Health Status of Preschool Children in Pancoran Mas
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Dental Biofilm-Induced Gingivitis in Children and Adolescents Without Known Systemic Involvement: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical periodontology · 2026Pooled it
- The Application of Gamification in Children's Oral Health Management: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- AI-based applications supporting informal caregivers in childhood caries prevention and management: protocol for a scoping review.BMJ open · 2026Article
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- The Impact of Mobile Applications on Improving Oral Hygiene Knowledge and Skills of Adolescents: A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Effect of oral health education based on COM-B model on improving the oral health behavior of preschool children.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- Evaluating the effectiveness of web-based oral health education on enhancing mothers' awareness: a semi-experimental internet-based intervention.BMC oral health · 2024Article
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- Gamification and Oral Health in Children and Adolescents: Scoping Review.Interactive journal of medical research · 2024Article
- The Feasibility and Acceptability of a Mobile Application for Oral Health Education Among Adults in Rwanda.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dentistry · 2024Article
- Smartphone Applications in Dentistry: A Scoping Review.Dentistry journal · 2023Article
- Smartphone applications as a tool to improve children's brushing habits.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2023Article
- Teledentistry from research to practice: a tale of nineteen countries.Frontiers in oral health · 2023Review
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Abstract
purposeIntegration of smartphones has overcome barriers in traditional education; this trial aimed at exploring this ubiquitous platform in oral health education. A smartphone application promoting preschooler's oral health was designed and its effectiveness was compared with that of common oral health education delivered in paediatric dental settings.
methodsThis controlled clinical trial was performed on preschooler-mother dyads referring to the clinic of Tehran School of Dentistry in 2019-2020. Initially, the dyads were randomly partitioned to application intervention or common training groups. The mothers answered an interviewer-administered questionnaire on paediatric dentistry knowledge, attitude and practice regarding children's oral health; modified plaque index (m-PI) and modified gingival index (m-GI) of children were measured. Subsequently, the smartphone application was installed for application intervention group and an educational pamphlet and verbal explanations were given to common training group. In 1-month and 3-month follow-ups, the questionnaires and clinical measurement were re-done. A generalized estimating equation (GEE) was used to investigate the effect of training methods.
resultsAmong the participants 51 dyad attended baseline and follow-up assessments. The preschoolers mean age was 4.6 ± 1.2 years and 54.4% were girls. Both trainings improved mothers' knowledge and practice regarding children's oral health and reduced children's m-PI and m-GI (p < 0.050). The 3-month follow-up revealed a better m-GI in application intervention group (p < 0.001).
conclusionsConsidering the greater improvement of paediatric gingival status in the application intervention group, it appears that smartphone applications may provide a promising tool for more prolonged impacts in children oral health care.
trial registrationIRCT, IRCT20131102015238N3. Registered 28 July 2019 https://en.irct.ir/trial/40933.
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