The Effect of Using Mobile Applications for Improving Oral Hygiene

Orthodontic Appliance Complication Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Using Mobile Applications for Improving Oral Hygiene in Patients With Orthodontic Fixed Appliances: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03109769
• Other study ID #: FUGRP/2014/191
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 12, 2016
• Est. completion date: November 4, 2016

Study information

• Verified date: December 2018
• Source: Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 44
• Est. completion date: November 4, 2016
• Est. primary completion date: July 25, 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 12 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Participants were having orthodontic fixed appliance treatment.

2. Participants were aged 12 years old and above, owned mobile phones and did not have mental or physical disabilities.

3. Participants were willing to comply with given oral hygiene instructions.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Orthodontic Appliance Complication

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Mobile phone application

• Verbal oral hygiene instructions

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in Plaque Index	Plaque index: 0, no plaque, 1, plaque seen on the tip of the explorer or with disclosing agent, 2. plaque seen with the naked eye, 3, abundance of plaque.	At baseline and after 4 weeks.
Primary	Change in Gingival Index	Gingival index: 0, normal gingiva, 1, mild inflammation - slight change in color, slight edema and no bleeding on probing, 2, moderate inflammation - redness, edema and glazing and bleeding on probing, 3, severe inflammation - marked redness and edema, ulceration and tendency to spontaneous bleeding.	At baseline and after 4 weeks.