Investigating the effectiveness of an educational program based on Iranian messaging in oral health care in patients undergoing orthodontic treatment: the application of the Health Beliefs Model

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20250907067148N1

Enrollment

Registered

2025-10-19

Start date

2025-10-10

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-12-08

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: The WhatsApp messaging platform will be used to conduct the educational intervention. After forming the group, the researcher will upload the prepared educational m

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Having an Android phone Three months after orthodontic treatment

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Lack of literacy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Promoting preventive oral health behaviors. Timepoint: Before and 8 weeks after the intervention,. Method of measurement: the Dental examinations will also be evaluated by a dentist to check the oral health condition using O'Leary PI with a dental mirror and a probe per day. This index of plaque on four teeth in the levels (mesial, buccal, distal and lingual) will be evaluated by adding up all the surfaces with plaque and dividing it by the total number of dental surfaces examined, multiplying it by percent and the researcher will make a questionnaire.	—

Measure

Time frame

Promoting preventive oral health behaviors. Timepoint: Before and 8 weeks after the intervention,. Method of measurement: the Dental examinations will also be evaluated by a dentist to check the oral health condition using O'Leary PI with a dental mirror and a probe per day. This index of plaque on four teeth in the levels (mesial, buccal, distal and lingual) will be evaluated by adding up all the surfaces with plaque and dividing it by the total number of dental surfaces examined, multiplying it by percent and the researcher will make a questionnaire.

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactElahe Ezati

Hamedan University of Medical Sciences

elahe.ezati@gmail.com+98 918 408 5729

Outcome results