Can a Digital Education Program in Radiographic Imaging Technique for Dental Professionals Improve Image Quality?

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

90 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-09-30

Study Completion Date

2025-01-31

Brief Summary

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The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a digital education program designed for dental professionals can lead to radiographic examinations of better quality. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does the digital education program lead to more radiographic examinations of good quality? Does the digital education program lead to better theoretical and practical understanding regarding image quality among dental professionals?

Researchers will compare answers from a theoretical test and image quality in radiographic examinations between participants with respectively without access to the digital education program.

Participants will:

* have access to the digital education program for three months
* after three months all study participants are invited to answer a theoretical test

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Detailed Description

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The present study aims to evaluate a digital education programs effect on image quality in intraoral radiographic examinations performed by dental professionals. The present study is part of an on-going cross sectional descriptive project where dental professionals employed in general dental care in the county of Västerbotten, Sweden constitute the study population. The purpose of the project is to gain a broader understanding of a digital education programs impact on the theoretical and practical competencies among dental professionals regarding intraoral dental radiographic examinations.

Approximately 80 dental professionals have provided written informed consent regarding study participation. In the present study, approximately 40 participants will for three months be offered the intervention and join a digital education program. Approximately 40 participants will during the same period not be offered the intervention and constitute the control group. Effects on practical competencies between groups will be evaluated when analyzing image quality of intraoral radiographic examinations. Effects on theoretical competencies between groups will be analyzed with a theoretical test.

Cluster randomization of dental clinics will be made for study included participants to either intervention group or control group. Recruitment of study participants will end in August 2024.

The investigators hypothesize that the digital education program will improve the theoretical competence and radiographic image quality in intraoral radiographic examinations.

Conditions

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Radiography Dentistry

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Investigators

Study Groups

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Intervention group

Access to a digital education program for three months.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Digital education program

Intervention Type OTHER

The approximately six hours long digital education program will be available for three months and implies further education in intraoral radiographic examinations.

Control group

The control group is not offered any intervention.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Digital education program

The approximately six hours long digital education program will be available for three months and implies further education in intraoral radiographic examinations.

Intervention Type OTHER