The Effect of a Personalized Oral Health Education Program on Periodontal Health in an At-Risk Population: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Eman S. Almabadi, Adrian Bauman, Rahena Akhter, Jessica Gugusheff, Joseph Van Buskirk, Michelle Sankey, Janet E. Palmer, David J. Kavanagh, Gregory J. Seymour, Mary P. Cullinan and Joerg Eberhard
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Eman S. Almabadi: School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Adrian Bauman: Prevention Research Collaboration, Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Rahena Akhter: School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Jessica Gugusheff: Prevention Research Collaboration, Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Joseph Van Buskirk: Prevention Research Collaboration, Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Michelle Sankey: Oral Health Clinic, Logan Hospital, Meadowbrook, Queensland, QLD 4131, Australia
Janet E. Palmer: School of Dentistry, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD 4072, Australia
David J. Kavanagh: Centre for Children’s Health Research and School of Psychology & Counselling, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), South Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Gregory J. Seymour: School of Dentistry, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD 4072, Australia
Mary P. Cullinan: School of Dentistry, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD 4072, Australia
Joerg Eberhard: School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 2, 1-13

Abstract: While periodontal disease is associated with many risk factors, socioeconomically disadvantaged communities experience the highest disease burden. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a personalized oral health education program, in combination with routine dental treatment, in participants from a low socioeconomic community. We used a randomized, controlled, examiner-blinded clinical trial. A total of 579 participants (aged 18–60 years) were randomly grouped: the intervention group (n = 292) received a personalized oral health education program in combination with routine dental care and the control group (n = 287) received routine dental care. All participants were assessed for improvement in oral health care behaviors, dental plaque, and periodontal status at baseline, 12 months, and 24 months. We found a significant drop ( p < 0.001) in the plaque indices, Periodontal Probing Depths (PPD) and Bleeding on Probing (BOP) between baseline and the 12-month follow-up for both groups. For BOP, the number of sites positive was significantly different between baseline and the 24-month follow-up ( p = 0.037). No differences were found between the two groups for any evaluated clinical outcome. The personalized oral health education program used in the current study did not appear to add significant improvement to clinical outcomes of periodontal health compared with routine restorative dental care per se.

Keywords: oral health; randomized controlled trial; periodontal health; gingival bleeding; personalized education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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