Are technology-based health education methods able to reduce oral health inequalities between the sexes in adolescents? A cluster randomized trial.

Purpose: Determine if different technology-based health education interventions can reduce oral health inequalities between the sexes in a sample of adolescents.

Methods: A cluster randomized clinical trial was conducted in three phases with an initial sample of 291 male and female adolescents 14-19 years of age. Phase I (n = 288) comprised a clinical examination performed by a calibrated examiner using the simplified oral hygiene index (OHI-S) and gingival bleeding index (GBI).

Are Information Technologies Capable of Stimulating the Use of Dental Floss by Adolescents? A Cluster Randomised Clinical Trial.

Purpose: To analyse the effect of information technologies on improving the frequency of the use of dental floss among adolescents.

Materials And Methods: A randomised, controlled clinical trial was conducted with 291 adolescents (mean age: 16.1 years) in three phases.

Improving adolescents' periodontal health: evaluation of a mobile oral health App associated with conventional educational methods: a cluster randomized trial.

Background: Adolescence is a decisive period in the construction of new conduits.

Objective: The influence of an App associated with conventional educational methods in adolescents' oral health.

Study Design: Randomized controlled trial including 291 participants (mean age = 16.