NCT07479342

The Effect of Modern Teaching Method: Gamification in Orthodontics

The Effect of Gamification on the Knowledge of Removable Appliances in Orthodontics: A Randomized Control Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Foundation University Islamabad · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to find out if a modern teaching method: Gaming can be used as an effective teaching tool to impart knowledge of orthodontics to final year students of dentistry as compared to another popular teaching method: Large Group Interactive Session (LGIS). Researchers will compare gaming technique to large group interactive session (already used to teach the participants). Half the participants will sit in a LGIS and the other half will play a board game on the same knowledge and comparison will be done on who gained more knowledge using a questionnaire/ test at three time points: 1)before study, 2)during study and 3)after study. The main question the study aims to answer is : Is Gamification better than Large group interactive session when teaching difficult topics to final year students of dentistry.

Detailed description

A class of 50 students of final year Dentistry will be randomly divided into two groups: Control Group: LGIS in a lecture hall , Study Group: Gamification in a tutorial room. Both groups will be imparted the same knowledge on the same topic: Removable Appliances in Orthodontics. The Gamification group will play a specially designed board game the total knowledge gained/retained by both groups at the end will be assessed by a questionnaire

Conditions

• Gamification in Health Education

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Gamification	Modern Teaching Method
OTHER	LGIS	conventionally used teaching method

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-10-10
• Primary completion: 2025-11-10
• Completion: 2025-12-15
• First posted: 2026-03-18
• Last updated: 2026-03-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan