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UnknownNCT03330535
The Effect of Active Reminders on Oral Hygiene in Orthodontics
The Effect of Active Reminders on Oral Hygiene of Patients With Fixed Orthodontic Appliances With Different Time Intervals
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 88 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 12 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The aim of this study is to investigate the efficacy of text message active reminders at different time intervals of oral hygiene instructions in patients with orthodontic fixed appliances.
Detailed description
Participants with orthodontic fixed appliances will be recruited from the university hospital clinics to receive text message reminders of oral hygiene. Four groups of participants will be formulated. Group 1 will be the control group and will not receive text messages. Group 2 will receive messages once a week. Group 3 will receive text message reminders 3 times a week. Group 4 will receive daily reminders. At baseline, after 4 weeks and after 8 weeks, gingival index and plaque index will be measured at each time point and then compared between groups.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Reminders once a week | Participants in this group will receive active oral hygiene reminders through text messaging once a week. |
| BEHAVIORAL | Verbal oral hygiene instructions | Participants in this group will receive verbal oral hygiene instructions during their regular orthodontic visits every 4 weeks. |
| BEHAVIORAL | Reminders three times a week | Participants in this group will receive active oral hygiene reminders through text messaging three times a week. |
| BEHAVIORAL | Daily reminders | Participants in this group will receive active oral hygiene reminders through text messaging on a daily basis. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2018-05-01
- Primary completion
- 2019-10-01
- Completion
- 2019-12-01
- First posted
- 2017-11-06
- Last updated
- 2018-12-31
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Saudi Arabia
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