Efficacy of Oral Hygiene Instructions Carried Out Using an Intra-oral Scanner

NCT ID: NCT06904963

Last Updated: 2025-05-16

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 80 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-02-17
• Study Completion Date: 2025-05-15

Brief Summary

In the relationship between the dental hygienist and the patient, communication plays a key role in ensuring the quality of care, the patient's well-being, and adherence to oral hygiene recommendations. The professional must therefore consider the challenges and limitations of effective communication.

The dental hygienist is a healthcare professional who plays a crucial role in the prevention and promotion of oral health. These specialists assist and educate patients on oral hygiene practices. In order to communicate effectively, especially in today's modern society, it is essential to use increasingly advanced communication tools. The hygienist's task is to explore new technologies and communication methods to motivate patients.

Through empathetic, respectful, and personalized communication, a lasting relationship is often established between the hygienist and the patient. This is because their interactions are generally more frequent than those between the patient and the dentist. While professional oral hygiene sessions are recommended at least once a year for everyone, "fragile" patients-those with periodontal disease or other conditions-may require more frequent visits.

In everyday practice, it has been observed that patients tend to feel more comfortable discussing their doubts, concerns, and issues with dental hygienists rather than with dentists.

To achieve effective communication, various communication methods may be necessary. It will be interesting to determine whether technology can become a useful tool in dental hygienists' practice and positively influence patients' oral hygiene with long-lasting effects.

Conditions

Oral Hygiene Education

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Oral hygiene instruction with dental scan

Patients are provided with education and motivation for home oral hygiene through the use of an intraoral scanner (Mach 2 - Mech \& Human) with the creation of a digital model and with the aim of improving operator-patient communication.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Motivation for oral hygiene through oral scanner

Intervention Type: DEVICE

The oral scanner is used to create a digital model of the patient's mouth with which the operator will provide personalized oral hygiene instructions.

Traditional oral hygiene instruction

Patients are provided with education and motivation for oral hygiene at home in a traditional way, through the use of a simple mirror.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Motivation for oral hygiene through oral scanner

The oral scanner is used to create a digital model of the patient's mouth with which the operator will provide personalized oral hygiene instructions.

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• between 18 and 80 years
• with good systemic health

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with conditions related to increased gingival bleeding
• Patients on drug therapy related to increased gingival bleeding
• Patients with cognitive and/or manual and/or sensory deficits

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 80 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Turin, Italy

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Jacopo Lanzetti

Dental Hygienist, RDH

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza

Torino, , Italy

Countries

Italy

References

Jung K, Giese-Kraft K, Fischer M, Schulze K, Schlueter N, Ganss C. Visualization of dental plaque with a 3D-intraoral-scanner-A tool for whole mouth planimetry. PLoS One. 2022 Oct 26;17(10):e0276686. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0276686. eCollection 2022.

Reference Type: RESULT

PMID: 36288348 (View on PubMed)

Doi K, Yoshiga C, Kobatake R, Kawagoe M, Wakamatsu K, Tsuga K. Use of an intraoral scanner to evaluate oral health. J Oral Sci. 2021 Jun 29;63(3):292-294. doi: 10.2334/josnusd.21-0048. Epub 2021 Jun 9.

Reference Type: RESULT

PMID: 34108300 (View on PubMed)

Willershausen B, Schlosser E, Ernst CP. The intra-oral camera, dental health communication and oral hygiene. Int Dent J. 1999 Apr;49(2):95-100. doi: 10.1111/j.1875-595x.1999.tb00515.x.

Reference Type: RESULT

PMID: 10858739 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

0000620

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id