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To educate and improve the Oral health status of the tobacco addicted patients using smartphone selfies

Efficacy of Smartphone â??Selfiesâ?? as a tool in improving Oral Health Status and as an adjunct to tobacco cessation among the patients visiting the tobacco cessation counselling centre in a Public teaching Dental Institution in Chennai- A Randomized Controlled Trial .

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2021/02/031526
Enrollment
224
Registered
2021-02-24
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: smartphone selfies: smartphone selfies are used as a health education tool for motivation of the patient in tobacco cessation counselling Intervention2: smartphone selfies: smartphone s

Sponsors

JRAJALAKSHMY
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Current tobacco users aged 15 years to 74 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Physically and mentally challenged individuals 2. Subjects with periodontal interventions or who had received oral hygiene instructions within the past 6 months 3. Subjects currently using NRT or anti-depressants 4. Subjects diagnosed with oral cancer. 5. Subjects undergoing orthodontic treatment

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To compare the oral health status by WHO oral health assessment form (2013) in study and control groupTimepoint: at baseline,1,3, 6 and 12 months—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To evaluate the self-reported continuous tobacco abstinence and point prevalence tobacco abstinence using Carbon monoxide breath analyzerTimepoint: at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactJRAJALAKSHMY

TAMILNADU GOVERNMENT DENTAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL

ramesh172000@gmail.com9840792950

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026