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Impact of mHealth and eHealth on oral health literacy: A systematic review.
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Structured Telemonitoring as an Adjunct to Conservative Management of Temporomandibular Disorder-Related Orofacial Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Health Literacy and Oral Health Behaviors Among Dental Medicine Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.Dentistry journal · 2026Article
- mHealth for Oral Care in Aging: A Narrative Review of Mobile Applications for Older Adults and Caregivers.Dentistry journal · 2026Review
- Measuring Digital Oral Health Literacy in the Social Media Era: Psychometric Validation of the Romanian Version of the Social Media Oral Health Literacy Questionnaire (SMOHLQ).Dentistry journal · 2026Article
- Comparison of Social Frailty and Oral Health Literacy Among Older Adults in Urban and Rural Areas: A Cross-Sectional Study.Clinical interventions in aging · 2026Article
- Artificial intelligence and its impact on oral health care education. A randomized study.Journal of education and health promotion · 2026Article
- Evaluating Maternal Accuracy in Smartphone-Based Tele-Dentistry for Early Childhood Caries Detection.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Enhancing oral health-related quality of life requires oral health knowledge. Mobile healthcare increases assistance and healthcare through mobile devices and wireless technologies. Using information and technology, eHealth enhances healthcare services by enabling digital administration and improving data interchange and coordination among providers, but its influence on oral health knowledge and practice is unclear. Therefore, the present article will examine how mHealth and eHealth could improve oral health knowledge and practices. Methods: Original research on the function of mHealth and eHealth in enhancing oral health literacy was identified through searches of PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, ScienceDirect, IEEE Xplore, Dimensions, and the Cochrane Library. The potential articles were selected based on modified Patient/Problem, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, Study criteria. The risk of bias in suitable studies was evaluated using the risk of bias visualization tool (Robvis 2.0) and the risk of bias in non-randomized studies with intervention. Results: The database search generated 2197 entries, of which 13 publications were used in this analysis. Narrative synthesis revealed that mHealth and eHealth interventions consistently improved oral health knowledge and practices across diverse populations, including caregivers, elderly adults, and dental students. Short message service (SMS)-based interventions enhanced mothers' knowledge and practices related to children's oral health, while virtual reality technologies improved learning outcomes for dental professionals and students compared to traditional methods. However, improvements in knowledge did not consistently translate to sustained behavior changes, with variations in practice outcomes across studies due to differences in measurement tools and intervention designs. These findings suggest that while digital interventions enhance knowledge, their impact on long-term behavior requires further exploration. Conclusion: Mobile apps, SMS-based therapies, and virtual reality applications greatly improved oral health knowledge, habits, and literacy scores across different age groups.
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