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SynthesisEvidence-based dentistry2025

Effectiveness of 'video-based interventions' of toothbrushing over other interventions on improvement of oral hygiene in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD): a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Sunny Priyatham Tirupathi, Lamea Afnan

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Sunny Priyatham TirupathiDepartment of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600077, India. dr.priyatham@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2593-0090
Lamea AfnanDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Coorg Institute of Dental Sciences, Virajpet, Karnataka, 571218, India.

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Abstract

backgroundChildren with Autism exhibit impairment of fine motor co-ordination and sensory sensibilities and hence can directly affect the toothbrushing leading to poor oral hygiene.

aimThis current systematic review and meta-analysis (SRMA) aims to evaluate the effectiveness of Video-based intervention of toothbrush training over other methods on improvement of oral hygiene in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) MATERIALS AND

methodsProspero no: (CRD42023450168). 'PubMed', 'Cochrane', 'Ovid' databases were searched from 1 January 1980 to 1 August 2023 using pre-defined search strategy.

results212 titles were retrieved after, duplicate exclusion, removal of irrelevant titles led to the final inclusion of 13 articles for full text screening out of which 7 articles were included for the final analysis.

conclusionEven though video intervention reported better outcomes in individual studies, pooled data showed no significant superiority over other interventions such as social stories and picture-based interventions in relation to toothbrushing in children with ASD as indicated by the Plaque Index score (PI-S) and Oral hygiene index score (OHI-S).

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Autism Spectrum DisorderOral HygieneToothbrushingVideo RecordingChildHumans

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