NCT05001490

Smartphone Application Based Reminder Therapy in Orthodontic Patients

Effectiveness of Smartphone Application Based Brushing Reminder Therapy for Plaque Control in Orthodontic Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Rehman Medical Institute - RMI · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This randomized control trial was performed to asses the efficiency of smartphone application based reminder therapy on plaque control and oral hygiene at two points in time.

Detailed description

This randomized controlled trial was performed to assess the effect of the smartphone application based reminders for oral hygiene reinforcement on orthodontic patients. Methods: 60 orthodontic patients were randomly allocated to either control or experimental group (30 each). Experimental groups received reminders twice a day by a smartphone application. Plaque scoring was done by using Turesky modified Quigley-Hein plaque index (TMQHPI) at baseline(T0), after 2 weeks(T1) and after 6 weeks(T3). Results: Significant difference in plaque scores was found at T2(6 weeks), but no significant difference was found at T1(2 weeks). Conclusions: Active smartphone-based reminder therapy for oral hygiene maintenance during fixed appliance orthodontic treatment decreases the plaque scores in patients in medium to long term

Conditions

• Orthodontic Appliance Complication

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Smartphone application based reminder	Brushing reminders were given to the patients in experimental group through a smartphone application twice daily

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-08-01
• Primary completion: 2020-12-15
• Completion: 2021-01-31
• First posted: 2021-08-12
• Last updated: 2022-09-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan