Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03109769
The Effect of Using Mobile Applications for Improving Oral Hygiene
The Effect of Using Mobile Applications for Improving Oral Hygiene in Patients With Orthodontic Fixed Appliances: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 44 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 12 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The study aims to investigate the effect of the use of mobile phone application sending reminders to patients with orthodontic fixed appliances on oral hygiene.
Detailed description
Subjects were randomized into two groups, the first group received a mobile application that sends active reminders notifications of oral hygiene. The second group received verbal oral hygiene instructions during their regular visits to the orthodontics clinics.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Mobile phone application | |
| BEHAVIORAL | Verbal oral hygiene instructions |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2016-02-12
- Primary completion
- 2016-07-25
- Completion
- 2016-11-04
- First posted
- 2017-04-12
- Last updated
- 2019-01-15
- Results posted
- 2017-11-01
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03109769. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.