ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023
Digital Application for Promoting Evidence-Based Children's Oral Health to Control Early Childhood Caries: Randomized Control Trial on Parental Acceptance and Efficacy.
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- Effect of framed mHealth messages on oral hygiene and quality of life among Sudanese refugees in Egypt: a randomized controlled trial.BMC oral health · 2026Trial
- Mapping Indonesian Public Discourse on Oral Health: A Content Analysis of Social Media Using Latent Dirichlet Allocation Topic Modelling.International dental journal · 2026Article
- Addressing Research Gaps in Early Childhood Caries: A Comprehensive Review.Dentistry journal · 2026Review
- Effectiveness of web-based application for dental health promotion among elementary school teachers: A randomized controlled trial.Journal of education and health promotion · 2026Article
- A Narrative Review on Advancing Pediatric Oral Health: Comprehensive Strategies for the Prevention and Management of Dental Challenges in Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Evaluating the effectiveness of web-based oral health education on enhancing mothers' awareness: a semi-experimental internet-based intervention.BMC oral health · 2024Article
- Social media impact on students' decision-making regarding aesthetic dental treatments based on cross-sectional survey data.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Can the sustainable development goal 9 support an untreated early childhood caries elimination agenda?BMC oral health · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundEarly childhood caries (ECC) remains a major global health problem. Various measures to prevent it have been implemented in the past, including those using digital applications.
aimTo evaluate the acceptance and efficacy of a digital application (FU-APP) based on evidence-based caries control recommendations for parents of children aged 6-72 months.
methodsPart 1, prospective questionnaire-based survey to test FU-APP (usage, acceptance, content information, usefulness, and satisfaction) filled out by parents (n = 22); Part 2, two-armed (test n = 20; control n = 23) care-based, randomized controlled trial, where the test arm received instructions verbally and via FU-APP, and the control arm received them only verbally. At baseline and follow-up (4 weeks), intraoral clinical indices (plaque index-API and caries-dmft) were recorded.
resultsFU-APP was considered by parents to be a suitable tool for gaining knowledge about oral health practices for their children (all criteria >86%). No differences in the dmft levels were expected. However, API was significantly better at the follow-up in the test-arm (
conclusionA digital application can serve as an innovative tool to promote evidence-based oral hygiene recommendations among parents of children to control ECC. Its long-term usability and functionality should be tested.
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